About
Chusquea valdiviensis is a rare and vigorous evergreen climbing bamboo. In its natural habitat, it can attain heights of up to 25 meters, creating dense stands. The plant features narrow, dark green lanceolate leaves that can grow up to 18 cm long. These leaves emerge from nodes along the stems, enabling the bamboo to climb effectively and potentially overshadow surrounding trees and shrubs.
About the genus
Chusquea consists of evergreen bamboos that develop in dense clusters, characterized by their smooth, shiny, and solid stems. Each node features three primary branches that extend freely, producing abundant small, dark green leaves.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bamboos
- Habit
- Clump forming, Suckering, Climbing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Higher than 12 metres
- Spread
- wider than 8 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Architectural, Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, humus-rich, leafy, moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade, sheltered from cold, dry winds. See bamboo cultivation. Note this bamboo forms large impenetrable areas in its native South America, and is not likely to be suited to most garden cultivation. See bamboo control
- Pruning
- Remove weak, dead, damaged or spindly stems in spring and to show off stems to best effect. Cut out any flowering shoots promptly to discourage more from forming
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, division or by removing sections of rhizomes with a stem and root, in spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slug damage on young growth
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free