About
Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda is a robust bamboo species that can reach heights of up to 6 meters in its natural habitat, creating extensive thickets that can expand over time. The young shoots are green, transitioning to a yellow-brown as they mature, characterized by prominent, swollen nodes. The leaves are lance-shaped, featuring a green upper surface and a greyish underside.
About the genus
Chimonobambusa consists of shade-tolerant bamboo species characterized by vigorous, spreading rhizomes. These plants develop upright canes that are complemented by elongated, drooping leaves shaped like lanceheads.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bamboos
- Habit
- Suckering
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 4-8 metres
- Spread
- wider than 8 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Patio and container plants
- Native to
- China
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Best grown in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in partial shade, sheltered from cold winds. Can become very invasive in warm, moist or favourable conditions; see bamboo control and bamboo cultivation. In a container grow in a peat-free, loam-based compost and feed with a balanced liquid fertiliser on a monthly basis during the growing season
- Pruning
- Remove weak, dead, damaged or spindly stems in spring and thin to show off stems to best effect. Cut out any flowering shoots promptly to discourage more from forming - see bamboo cultivation
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, division or take rhizome cuttings in spring. Divisions may be slow to establish
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free