Florida Bamboo Forum

I live in a community with an HOA as well, but I've never once asked them about the kind of plants I am putting in the ground. I now have 17 different bamboos in my yard, and to be honest I will be adding at least 5 more.

One thing about Gracilis is that you can put 12x12 patio pavers between it and the fence and you'll never have to worry about it escaping your yard. Then it just requires a little maintenance on your part to keep it nice and trimmed.

As for planting, I'd recommend putting a plant about every 6 to 8 feet apart. It will only take about 3 years for the bamboo to fill in the gaps in the canopy on top.

You're in Satellite Beach, eh? I'd recommend the drive up to Chuck Theroux's place in Ormand Beach. He's one of if not the largest tropical bamboo grower in the Southeast. His website is www.bamboo.ws

There's also Sherry Snodgrass in Vero Beach, www.bambooflorida.com or if you wanted to make the drive to Tampa there's a guy named Roy Rogers who propagates and sells bamboo and is getting ready to move. He has lots of 1 gal propagation reasonably priced. You can contact him on the BambooWeb forums.

Thanks so much for providing the names and details for the nurseries! I will be checking these guys out soon. I know it is important to buy from reputable places, especially for a 'specialty' plant like bamboo which is difficult to identify.

p.s. The problem with the long delay after submitting a post should be fixed now, which should also eliminate the double posting issue.

That's good to know about the delay/double posting issue being fixed.

As for the dealers, there are about a dozen or so in Florida, but the three mentioned are ones I've met with and have bought plants from. I know there's also Robert Saporito of www.tropicalbamboo.com located in Loxahatchee as well. Next to Chuck he's probably the largest dealer in the state.

Thanks Scott for the information and where to go to buy it! My HOA just wants everything to go through them to avoid invasive plants, etc. from being planted. We have fairly small backyards so I can understand.
Forgot to mention that there is no real fence, just a concrete wall about 5 or so feet high.
I also forgot to mention that I have several Crotons in the front yard that are about 5 fett high, so you know it doesn't get below 45 degrees around here!
Thanks for everything!
This is a great forum!

Here is a link to a great article about growing bamboo. It has a lot of pics and info which might be useful for your HOA.

UGA Growing bamboo in GA

The whole thing is available in pdf also.

I just got the gallery up and running and will be adding some pics soon. All registered users are invited to post pictures as well.

floridabambooforum.com/Gallery/Bamboo-Pictures.html