Florida Bamboo Forum

I printed out all of the pictures of the Bambusa eutuldoides viridivittata on photo paper and took them to my HOA meeting. I think they were pretty impressed. They said it would take them a while to find out if they could put them all down that wall, but I told them to take their time as we don't need to do it until spring. There used to be something against the wall, but I guess the trees or whatever they were got damaged and were all removed. There currently is no water supply to the area by the fence, but they were talking about how there should be because there used to be a supply for what was there. They were going to call the utility co. to see if they had any problem with it (since the power poles are there). And they were going to talk to the lawn maintenance crew to find out if these would be difficult to maintain.
There is apparently some rule here that only what was originally planted when the townhomes were built can be maintained by the crew. But, they said that since there was something there at one time, that the bamboo could take it's place. They were going to look into getting the sprinkler system modified so that the area could be covered. It sounded pretty encouraging to me! I mentioned that that kind gets about 25' max, but there are a lot of other kinds to pick from. I explained the difference between running and clumping bamboo.
They could see how beautiful this type of bamboo is. I also mentioned that I had not noticed any where else around here that had this beautiful bamboo growing! They also acknowledge our need for privacy here along the street.
I am hopeful (and so is my neighbor who is on the board) that the bamboo will be purchased and maintained by the HOA at no additional cost to any of us!
I will keep you posted.
And thanks for all the help!

The HOA is still looking into this.
They are just a bunch of my neighbors, so they have lives too.
Everything looks and sounds good so far.
I am keeping my fingers crossed and I will post back
if I hear anything.

Thanks for the update! Glad its going well...

The president of our HOA was saying at our last meeting that he was
going to stop this bamboo thing before it got any further because
he thought it would damage our brick wall (behind my house in the picture). He was half kidding, but serious if it would do that.
Clumping bamboo does not damage nearby buildings or walls does it?

He is just concerned because the wall was leaning and is no longer, but if anything happens to that wall, we will all have to pay for the repair.

He had not even seen the pictures I printed up for them. I printed them on 8 1/2 x 11 photo paper and they do look good! I told him we will have the most beautiful place in the city! He said he would talk to my nearby neighbor that has the pictures. They have been by the electric co. and the city and no problems arose. I am hopeful!

Please tell me that it is like I thought and it doesn't damage walls or buildings!

The next meeting is the 25th and I plan on being there.

To be honest I do not think it would, especially if there was routine maintenance done on the boo.