Tropical Blue Bamboo
Location
Bamboo Garden
- Common Name: Tropical Blue Bamboo (other common names: White Powdery Bamboo)
- Scientific Name: Bambusa chungii
- Family Name: Poaceae
- Origin: China
- Height: 20’ – 30’
- Width: 6’ – 8’
- Growth: moderate to fast-growing
- Zone: 9A – 11
- Light Needs: Sun to Partial Shade to Light Shade
- Salt Tolerance: low
- Soil/PH/Texture: prefers fertile and moist soils, acidic–neutral (pH 5.6 – 7.5)
- Soil Moisture: average water needs, do not overwater
- Drought Tolerance: low
- Pests/Diseases: virtually disease-free, check for cottony scales, aphids, and bamboo borers.
- Growing Conditions: easy to grow and low maintenance, prune the lower, weak, damaged, or dead branches in the spring to show off the culms.
- Characteristics: grown for its foliage, when they are young the culms are strikingly waxy blue in color, 1.5” in diameter, non-evasive, clumping form, and compact.
- Propagation: by dividing the root ball, rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, or offsets. Also, you can air-layer them.
- Wildlife: unknown
- Facts: unknown
- Designer Considerations: use for a hedge, privacy screen, focal point specimen, border, or in a container on your patio or deck.
