Description
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda 🎍
Common Name: Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo
Type: Running Bamboo | Rare & Sculptural 🌿 | Historical & Ornamental 🌾
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda, famously known as Chinese Walking Stick Bamboo, is a rare and highly prized species native to China, historically used to craft the emperor’s walking sticks due to its striking, prominently swollen nodes 🎍🌿. This bamboo’s deeply notched and decorative culms give it a sculptural, almost surreal look, making it an exceptional focal point for collectors and landscape designers alike.
Typically growing between 8–12 feet tall, it prefers cool, shaded environments and thrives in well-drained soil. It’s an ideal specimen for woodland gardens, shaded borders, or specialty plant collections, bringing both elegance and historical charm 🏡🌱.
🌿 Key Features:
📏 Height: 8–12 ft (2.4–3.6 m)
📐 Spread: Running (contains with rhizome barrier)
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA 7–10
🎍 Growth Habit: Upright, arching, architectural
🌿 Culms: Slender, green with dramatic swollen nodes
🍃 Foliage: Fine-textured, dark green leaves
🌤️ Light Requirements: Partial shade to full shade
🏡 Uses: Collector’s specimen, woodland gardens, ornamental planting
✅ Why Choose Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda?
🎍 Fascinating swollen nodes for unique visual appeal
🌿 Historically significant and culturally revered
🍃 Ideal for shade gardens and specialty collections
🏡 Excellent in containers or protected garden spaces
✅ Rare, elegant, and highly collectible
Qiongzhuea tumidissinoda is not just a bamboo—it’s living history, sculptural art, and botanical rarity all in one graceful plant 🎍🌿.
This bamboo is very unusual looking and a real gem for the collector. These plants are very young, and only have small shoots.
