Heavenly Bamboo

Heavenly Bamboo is a genuinely satisfying plant to grow, but I want to be upfront about one thing: die-back after mass flowering which occurs once per lifetime. I've dealt with it twice now and it takes consistent attention to manage. Beyond that, beautiful sound of canes moving in wind makes it on…

Here are my notes from twelve months of growing Heavenly Bamboo: Spring: foliage refresh as older leaves shed in late winter. This was the moment that confirmed the whole venture. I focused on watering heavily in the first season to establish the root system during this period which set up the rest…

I'd had Heavenly Bamboo for about eight months with acceptable but unremarkable results. Then I started really paying attention to removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring and the difference over the next two months was dramatic. rapid establishment and fast vertical growth became m…

As a complete beginner I was nervous about starting with Heavenly Bamboo. It turned out to be more forgiving than I expected, as long as I paid attention to removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring. I grow mine in a windbreak planting in an exposed position which is working really w…

I brought Heavenly Bamboo home six months ago with high hopes and almost no knowledge. The first challenge was understanding removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring — something I hadn't expected to matter so much. Once I got that right, the whole thing settled down. I grow it in a …

I started with one Heavenly Bamboo and now have four, all from propagation. The process is straightforward once you understand removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring — something I picked up from trial and error rather than any guide. I display them in a poolside or water feature s…

I've grown several varieties within the Heavenly Bamboo family and have some observations to share. beautiful sound of canes moving in wind varies noticeably between them, more than catalogue descriptions suggest. The care fundamentals are shared — feeding with a high-nitrogen fertiliser in early sp…

After growing Heavenly Bamboo for over a year here is what I'd tell a beginner. First: removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring is not optional — it's the foundation everything else depends on. Second: new canes not reaching full height in the first year will happen and you should k…

I've been growing plants seriously for over fifteen years and Heavenly Bamboo remains a reliable favourite. For anyone starting out: the most critical thing is removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring. Everything else follows from that. new canes not reaching full height in the firs…

I don't have a garden so a windbreak planting in an exposed position is my only option for Heavenly Bamboo. It absolutely works — with the right attention to removing the oldest and most congested canes each spring you can get excellent results in containers. rapid establishment and fast vertical g…