Tropical Zone Gardening: Need landscaping idea!, 1 by Metrosideros

Metrosideros wrote:
Hi JP,

Folks here grow them in raised beds to make them easy to care for and contain them. When a rhizome tries to grow out of the stand, it is cut off and replanted back in the stand or elsewhere.

I'm sure the plastic barrier would work for awhile, but as the rhizomes begin to push on the plastic, they will eventually break through.

Be sure to dust the stand with manure or other nutrients regularly, so that the plants have plenty of nutrition right where they are.

Also, choose species that don't run so much.

Latispaths tend to run a lot. Bihai and Psittacorum tend to stay where they're put and make a thick stand without running away very far.