Bamboo in containers?

[JP]

Is it possible to grow fairly tall (15-20ft) bamboo in containers? I've
been plotting some way to creatively cover up the painful view of my
neighbor's eysore of a backyard which contains surplus building
materials and a hideous playhouse on stilts that is as tall as my little
house and a few feet from my fence. Unfortunately my cement driveway
area goes right up to the fence so I can't actually plant anything in
the ground (unless I got a jackhammer) so I'm hoping I can plant
something tall in a few containers to obliterate the "view". Amusingly,
I've noticed the neighbors across the alley have put up several
trellises (trelli?) so they don't have to look at the junkyard either.

[Bjarcia]

Actually it is done. You can grow bamboos in containers BUT the pot will
constrict the height. Tall bamboos will only grow six or eight feet high
in a container. In fact Bamboos do well in a bright room ( not a dark
living room) in pots and do make oh so lovely houseplants.

BJ
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[Albert Adelman]

In article <3395FC...@farandfew.com>, J...@farandfew.com says...

Yes, it is. to get 15 feet or so I would expect that you would need a
container about 2-3 feet in diameter. I've grown a seven foot Ph. nigra in a
twelve inch pot.
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