ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Running bamboo grows so fast and is so invasive that it’s rooting up headstones in cemeteries, crossing neighborhood property lines and becoming a “major issue” in Maryland parks.

When it comes to fast-growing privacy screens, bamboo often tops the list. It can grow 15 to 30 feet tall and produces dense, attractive foliage within a single season. I have been tempted more than ...

HARTFORD -- Thirty years ago, Efren Rebong, M.D., of Newtown, and his wife planted a few sticks of running bamboo to help fill out their backyard. Now it's a dense grove of the thin, strong canes ...