Merci !

It seems crazy that my French sister wants the bamboo, understanding how difficult it is to remove, moreover I think it could decrease her property value. But I know some people can appreciate the natural wall it creates, or even appreciate to craft things with the sticks (I myself am doing that!).

I also do realize it sounds strange to use "baby" in the context of plants... it's just to be a little cute. It can be hard to keep your personality when shifting to another language. I don't fault you for correcting me, though

It is true, they are really beautiful plants. We are lucky enough to have a view on a bunch of those from our terrasse, but they escaped their little cell and are now invading our neighbour's garden. I helped last year with digging out some of the rhizomes, it is a tough job and we are far from being finished :s

I know it is possible to close them between walls (orientation, nature and depth of the walls have to be well though of, otherwise they can escape), but people usually neglect those until they face the problem themselves.

Concerning my "corrections". Usually I correct only syntax and grammar in the first text box, and I use the second one to provide alternatives, suggestions and subjective comments to try and transmit my native speaker's guts and feelings. My comment on "baby" was just that, a "comment", not a correction. The thing is, that past a certain level of language (and you reached it) many "corrections" concern unwritten rules of the language, idiomatic and natural ways of saying things, or even sometimes subjective or stylistic matters...
I know I can be overwhelming, please tell me if and when it is too much ! I mean, it takes a lot of time for me to think and write those, so if this is not useful or worse, contre productive, let's cut it short ! :)

As for this "baby" thing, I want to clarify what I meant. It is perfectly natural to call your plants and flower "mes bébés", the image is perfectly understandable since you are grooming them, caring for them. I don't think my spouse calls her plants like that, but I wouldn't be shocked if she would :D
By the way, many people call their pets like that, and I find that a little more disturbing because in the case of animals you can wonder to what extent this is an image or the person is serious... By the way, I plead guilty : I call my little cat girl "bébé chat" nowadays :s

Now I was more specifically talking about a bamboo shoots. In my opinion (highly subjective and open to discussion then ! Not a correction !) when they start to grow I could call them babies, but when they reach a certain height I wouldn't call them like that anymore because, well, they are grown ups, and factually they are not offsprings but part of a whole. Hence, more like "limbs" than "babies".

Not overwhelming at all - don't worry! I was just sharing my thoughts. If I didn't appreciate feedback, I wouldn't be a regular on a site like this.

I also call my cats my sons or my boys :D Not in a delusional way (I know those people exist), just affectionately. :)