
In Your Garden: Bamboo in Minnesota?
As often happens, this monster was imported from Asia in the late 1800s as ornamental shrubbery. It would probably make a great privacy fence. That being said, you really don’t want this stuff in your yard. It has spread from Maine to Minnesota and as far south as Louisiana. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture says it is now in 41 states. It has been found in St. Louis and Lake county in northeastern Minnesota, and Ramsey , Washington and Sherburne in the east central are