Bamboo division.

I have a bamboo which has spread quite a lot.
Can it be divided, because it looks as though they are all individual shoots which are coming up.
If so, will it be a Spring time job?

Thank you.

 

They can.

Here's a photo of the "bamboo forest" at the bottom of our garden, it's only nine inches or so thick but hides the post and panel fence. There's also a clump of black bamboo behind the pagoda which we've had several years, but hasn't grown much.



This bamboo against the fence started out as a clump which was self seeded from somewhere half-way down the side border nearly twenty years ago.
I dug it up in one big rootball about two feet across. I then set about splitting it up into segments of four or so canes. I had to use a spade to divide it. I then replanted the individual clumps in a line along the back fence and they all took.
It's a slow growing unknown variety and doesn't send out rhyzomes, just spreads a bit. I occasionally have to prune off a few canes that creep forwards rather than sideways. I also have to "wire it" with a couple of strands about four feet up from the ground right along the length to stop it flopping. There's always a few canes that grow higher than others, so I cut them back to keep the top fairly level.


We like to think it adds a bit of mystery to the bottom of a small garden of a suburban semi.

 

Thank you so much for your reply - and the photos. You have a lovely garden.
Is that a Rowan tree I see? I have one too, which is now right in front of the bamboo.
No way can I dig up the whole root ball, I will just have to chance trying to get bits at a time.

I took this picture a few nights ago. I have an outside light, and the rowan leaves looked like copper. You can see the bamboo to the left of it.

 

Thanks for the kind words.
The tree next to the pagoda is a Sorbus, the little one is an acer I prune to a ball shape.

We like lights in the garden, we've a dozen of them, controlled by four switches behind the lounge curtains, plus a dozen solar lights.

 

It must be very relaxing for you, sitting looking out on to your garden. It looks stunning.
I only have a floodlight on the wall of my house.
It is just used when my dogs go into the garden in the dark.