Quote Originally Posted by jigflinger View Post
Real bamboo is not as invasive as cane and can be controlled. I know a fella in Jacksonville that has lots of it. I'll check with him next week.
Me & my yard would like or disagree with that. The stuff can spread 50' in one spring. If you don't mow down the shoots within the first few days/week of them popping up, you've got to cut them down with a saw or something similar.

At at least that's how my bamboo acts. I've got some 4" plus in diameter and 50' plus tall in my patch.

Jigflinger, your buddy might have the clumping bamboo, as opposed to the running bamboo I have.