Invasion!
Last summer, this little clumping bamboo got me into big trouble over at Google+ . It was Google's brand new social network where we early adopters were happily posting photos and talking about our interests. I had just planted this little clumping Borinda augustissima at the edge of the shade garden. I took a photo of it and posted it with a caption about a new addition to the garden. It was really just a practice post; no big deal. Well, jumping Jehoshaphat! My innocent little throw-away post got some surprising attention. A woman took me to task for planting this "terrible, invasive plant." "Bamboo is outlawed in Florida." "Didn't I know that bamboo should never be planted?" What? I could sense the desperation in her words. It seemed an out-of-proportion reaction to such a small plant. In the friendliest, most polite response I could conjure up, I pointed out that this was not Florida. Bamboo was not c...