Bamboo - a year after planting

Bamboo, one year later Almost a year ago, Ben and I dug this 50 foot long trench, lined it with metal roof flashing, mixed in some compost, and planted 10 bamboo plants. A few weeks ago, we noticed new shoots finally poking up from the ground, and now they are growing like crazy. Another year or two and this will be a beautiful stand of bamboo.

Here's the view from the pool area today.

And here's what it looked like just after planting a year ago.