Without any reasonable doubt bamboo screens are the most attractive types of screens with magnificent evergreen foliage and a beautiful canopy. This is one of the latest innovations in the outdoor decorations world. They provide your home with a character and warm touch. Moreover there is a wide selection of bamboo strains to choose from; sizes, styles and designs.

Why You need Bamboo Screens

The reasons why a bamboo fence should be in your back yard are just inexhaustible. Bamboo outdoor privacy aside, other fences do not even border the bamboo screens it terms of beauty and style.

People staying in areas prone to bad weather always choose bamboo fencing because bamboo is strong and durable, able to withstand strong winds and harsh weather conditions without losing its eloquence. Areas prone to extreme heat wave may use bamboo screens to help shield off the extra heat. Hailstorms known to destroy a variety of plants also cannot find their way through a thick bamboo screens.

Outdoor bamboo screens poles make excellent stakes for climbing flowers or plants. Their height and strength make it possible to practice mixed cropping of different climbing plants such as sweet potatoes, morning glories and clematis.

Bamboo garden hedges can be manipulated easily to one’s own design through pruning, trimming and cutting. The variety of bamboo types makes this even easier as one will choose the most suitable one for their manipulative needs. Finally bamboo plants come in various color variations, with some having wider, longer or darker leaves and trunks than others. You can therefore select your bamboo screens color from a rage of others.

Types of Bamboo Screens

Depending on your personal taste and the kind of interior décor theme you want to set, there are a lot of different bamboo screen fence. Almost all commercial bamboo available come with panels or rolls with the most common being made of long poles with a diameter close to 1’. The kind of bamboo screen made of woven bamboo is not as durable as that made of sturdier poles and canes.

Kenninji bamboo screens: A classic screening fence style with very narrow or no gaps at all between the panels. The panels are supported by half-round rails attached with dark twines it is a common and loved outdoor bamboo screen

Misu: Also called the horizontal bamboo screen. It basically uses horizontal bamboo poles which are installed on a vertical support structure.

Royanji bamboo screen: It is preferred foe gardens because it is a short type bamboo screen. It consists of a network of thin bamboo shoots connected to the bottom and top rails and supported by posts on either side of the fence.

Basically there are two common types of outdoor bamboo screen that can be used to make very durable and elegant bamboo screens.

Clumping Bamboo
The clumping bamboo is considered invasive because it grows in a tight clump. This bamboo type will be an excellent choice for areas prone to harsh weather conditions. The clumping bamboo however grows slowly and will require much waiting; therefore a temporary screen may be erected as the clump grows.

Running bamboo
Just like its name it grows quite fast and works as a great hedge and windbreak. The running bamboo screen fence can be manipulated to many designs as per the owners’ desires and it makes an excellent bamboo screen scenario when trimmed.
Bamboo screens have been widely used and appreciated as the best screen types due to their numerous advantages, flexibility in addition to being fashionable and trendy.