Very rare in cultivation, a dense, evergreen mounded clump-forming bamboo about 4m tall, with thin arching canes giving it a vine-like habit, and small, sharply pointed, linear blue-green leaves to 8cm long
2.5-4 metres
2.5-4 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in fertile, humus-rich, leafy, moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade, sheltered from cold, dry winds. See bamboo cultivation and if this bamboo outgrows its alloted space see bamboo control
Propagate by seed, division or by removing sections of rhizomes with a stem and root, in spring
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
May be susceptible to slug damage on young growth
Generally disease-free