Phyllostachys aurea or golden bamboo may actually work that way, even though it's a horrible time of the year to take rhizome divisions since it is known to be a species that is good at generating small survival shoots. It is also known to be one of the most aggressive species especially if you are in a warmer climate so before getting it into the ground, make sure you have an effective plan of action to keep it contained so shoots don't come up all over your neighbor's yard if you are screening them out.

No bamboo here. I like ornamental grasses but have never tried bamboo and know little about it. I have heard bad things about the creeping kind. Where I used to get my daylilies (John and Annabelle Gass) they had a big bunch of it. I think it would be useful for stakes and making things. I have made so many mistakes with plants that I am cautious.

Thanks much, Michael. Most helpful. I did some more research after posting that and now I'm not sure if it was Bambusa or Phyllostachys I'd seen. If I told you where, it would make you laugh. Not sure if you're at all familiar with Fort Myers area, but just in a bunch of scrub and rampant vegetation along Summerlin Ave.-one of that city's main routes. It sort of sticks out from the other vegetation, has a very strong, golden hue, and I don't know, I guess I really like yellow stems and twigs on plants. Without a doubt, any bamboo is a plant which demands careful siting. And sure enough, some, like the Phyllostachys, are invasive in parts of the south. so there's that. BTW, sorry for keeping on going back to FM area, but there's a state park/historical site there which is amazing on a number of levels, but if you walk into the woods there, you immediately come upon a large grove of the big, 5o-footers, Chinese bamboo I guess (Which doesn't tell you much) which is an amazing and eery scene, the big stems clanking against each other in the breeze. Most unusual. I'm going to look those varieties up. Thanks again bud. +oM

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