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The big British bamboo crisis: ‘It invaded my beautiful home’
The plant can punch through paving stones, asphalt and even the foundations of your house. In one case, the bill for damage reached £100,000. So why does this problem just keep on growing?
Buying a house or concerned about creeper coming under your fence? It could be much worse. I noticed a roaring sale in bamboo plants at our local supermarket a while ago. Surely buying an invasive plant species you should only buy from a reputable source like a garden centre asking how fast does this plant grow? Otherwise every shrubbery could soon come with a lost Japanese soldier.