Bamboo is very fast growing, so if these are established plants with large root systems already in place, recovery should be quite fast and you will have new, large canes by the summer. (Unlike a small, new plant that first needs to grow a root system before adding much above-the-ground growth).
Bamboo plants should be spaced 3-5 feet apart to form a dense screen. The faster spreading types can be planted farther apart if you are willing to wait a little longer for the screen to fill out. If you want an immediate screen, some types can be planted very close together as long as they have some space to spread in width.
Bamboo is one of the worst invasive plants in Maryland, and we get many requests to get rid of it--usually from the neighbors or new homeowners who inherit it. There is no such thing as a fast-growing well-behaved bamboo. Running bamboo is the worst, but clumping bamboo--though slower growing--still marches outward.
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