Using Plants as a curtain / windbreak ?

[Furkin]

I have a separate post asking about making a curtain or windbreak to protect my cherry trees blossom/fruit.
Someone replied about using artichokes, as apparently it grows to 12 feet high.
This got me thinking of what other plant life I could use.

It has to grow fast enough to be about 6 feet high when my cherry blossoms come out.

I was also thinking about bamboo. This would make an ideal and natural (?) curtain.
1/ What species would suit best ? I'm not bothered about it being much taller than 7 or 8 feet.
2/ Will it grow in pots/trough ? I don't want the roots to run riot in my tiny plot.
3/ If I remember right, dosn't it die off - almost completely (like bananas) - at the end of each season,,, or is it evergreen ?

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Artichokes:
I have never grown or eaten them.
For my purpose I will repeat the above questions
1 & 2 and add, will they grow tall enough in the time that I need ?

any other advice appreciated.

Thanks for reading

[chris]

I think Two_Sheds here uses Rasberry canes as a naturual windbreak/boundry.. however they don't grow that high.

Bamboo - you'd need a fast growing variety, which will send spears out everywhere, unless you buy the none invasive varieties but I think these are slow growing? So you'd need to buy mature plants, but they are expensive.

I don't know if artichokes are dense enough at such heights, and if it's really windy they'd be at risk of breaking themselves?

[Furkin]

Thanks Chris,
I'll have a search on google for bamboo species etc. I thought that most of 'em grow at a tremedous rate.

other ideas welcome

[chris]

Trellis + ivy, or flowering jasmine?

This is an amusing blog, but he has some pics of JA's - at the tops, so you can see for your self.. not sure if you could plant them closer together mind? I don't grow them, so I don't know to be honest.
THE IDIOT GARDENER: Who am I really? And the artichokes replied...