"I've been getting a LOT of free plant catalogues and am having to realistically look at what I could/should get. I don't have enough yard for all that I want to try."
I know that feeling! The next thing I want to try to find room for is some ginseng. Was going to try that this year but the weather didn't lend itself to it.
"Although I'm vey tempted by this "non-invasive" bamboo. I could put it betwixt me and the neighbors..."
I think it was Robert Frost who said good bamboo makes good neighbors. . .
I've put in some ornamental grass that will help. Actually I'd like to add a couple more plants. So the bamboo might not look so great there. Still, I liked the looks of it in the catalogue.