![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/invasive-species-described-as-sas-of-the-plant-world/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_Bamboo-stumps.jpg&description=If you're considering getting some bamboo into your garden, perhaps think again. More invasive than you might think, a gardening expert has described it as an 'SAS operative' of the plant world Bamboo is a hugely popular plant in the UK due to its long life and durability - but it can be very damaging to your property, a gardening expert has warned. The 'highly invasive' plant is strong enough to punch through your driveway and has the capacity to cost you thousands if you let it grow out of control. A non-native species to the UK, it actually spreads at a different rate here than in its native habitats. Bamboo is categorised as 'running' or 'clumping' bamboo. The former variety is the one which poses a risk to your garden, as it sprouts structures several metres long called rhizomes - which are the start of what eventually becomes new canes of bamboo. Managing director of Root Barrier Store Jon Barton said bamboo is a 'marvellous example of nature at its resilient best'. He added: 'If bamboo's characteristics were paralleled with human qualities, it would be a soldier, a marine or a SAS operative. It is incredibly tenacious, strong and able to survive where other plants can't.' It is often compared with Japanese knotweed, the notoriously invasive plant spreading around the UK. But bamboo, unlike knotweed, is a popular plant - which people deliberately put down in their gardens. Mr Barton told the Sun: "Allowing bamboo to encroach onto a neighbouring property can cause disputes. However, when it starts to spread under the neighbour's tarmac and pushes up towards the daylight, it then becomes a costly problem to resolve. Frequently, a new drive becomes necessary because a patch-up won't resolve the underlying issue." So if you find yourself considering bamboo for your garden, you may want to think twice - if you can't be certain it won't push into your neighbour's property. Last year, we reported how homeowners were issued an urgent warning after a home faced £100,00){kind=link}
If you’re considering getting some bamboo into your garden, perhaps think again. More invasive than you might think, a gardening expert has described it as an “SAS operative” of the plant world
Bamboo is a hugely popular plant in the UK due to its long life and durability – but it can be very damaging to your property, a gardening expert has warned.
The “highly invasive” plant is strong enough to punch through your driveway and has the capacity to cost you thousands if you let it grow out of control. A non-native species to the UK, it actually spreads at a different rate here than in its native habitats.
Bamboo is categorised as “running” or “clumping” bamboo. The former variety is the one which poses a risk to your garden, as it sprouts structures several metres long called rhizomes – which are the start of what eventually becomes new canes of bamboo.
Managing director of Root Barrier Store Jon Barton said bamboo is a “marvellous example of nature at its resilient best”. He added: “If bamboo’s characteristics were paralleled with human qualities, it would be a soldier, a marine or a SAS operative. It is incredibly tenacious, strong and able to survive where other plants can’t.”