I saw the post on Bamboo, and rather than feed a 3 year old post, thought I'd start a new topic.

You see, I'm thinking of planting bamboo. But want to make sure I don't run into the "never able to remove it" category. Or maybe there's another quick growing alternative to a privacy fence.

I am in the process of putting in a retaining wall in my back yard. Should be done in a month or two. My neighbors lot is at a much higher elevation than mine, and being the dirty fuckers they are, they just love to pee on their back fence (and often will try and make small talk with me over the fence while they do). They also have a laundry line they hang over the back of the fence over my yard to dry their clothes on.

So in a passive aggressive way, I want to shut them out, get more privacy, but they may resist because it will block their elevated view of east oakland. But I have no problem with being more aggressive than passive.

My back wall is 6 feet high, then there's about 4 feet of dirt, then another 3 foot tall wall, and a 4 foot tall fence on top of that. It's this ledge/terrace I want to plant bamboo or some other privacy barrier. But I want to make sure the bamboo won't go down 6 feet, and go under the wall and start growing in my yard. And as much as I dislike my neighbors, I just want to shut them out, not have bamboo grow down 2 feet, under that wall, and up through 3 feet of dirt and start growing in their yard...

Suggestions?