The poster child for aggessive bamboo in Connecticut is Phyllostachys aureosulcata — yellow groove bamboo — which some experts say can travel 15 feet or more a year once it is well-established.

Q. I’m a big lover of the bamboo plants and am told they can be planted outside. However, a co-worker said the bamboo would take over the yard and would difficult to get rid of. She says the … ...