Before you hit the garden center and start dreaming of using bamboo as a fast-growing privacy screen, take a look at why growing bamboo can be a really bad idea. Related: 15 Popul ...

Bamboo can be damaging if planted in the ground with one person having to pay almost £14,000 to remove it after it entered a neighbour's property.

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