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Ch. gigantea at
Carwinion
in Cornwall,
England near
Falmouth
Height: 24 feet
Hardiness: 5° F
Very unlike the other Chusquea, this unusual bamboo is quite different from most. Although technically a clumping bamboo, it forms a slowly spreading grove of very upright culms, somewhat like a Phyllostachys. It is one of the hardiest Chusqueas in cultivation. This bamboo has recently been named Ch. gigantea by French botanist Jean Pierre Demoly.