momoese

Chris, we have a screen of Alphonse Karr Bamboo that was planted with a plastic root barrier 4 years ago and has never created any problems. At the same time it has created an absolutely perfect screen from the 2 story house 2 doors down. I know that if I had bananas there that house would still be able to see into our yard and at this point i would have had to harvest and remove at least 12 full size banana trees by now. As you know that's not easy! I think the choice of bamboo is also very important, but it's still much less work as a permanent screen than any kind of bananas will ever be.