Botanical Name: Nandina domestica
Common Name: Heavenly bamboo
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape erect, clumping habit with several slender canes; forms a dense upright canopy
Height 4' - 7'
Spread 3' - 5'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full/partial sun
Soil prefers rich, well-draining soils, tolerates heavy, more alkaline soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 5-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves tri-pinnately compound, alternate, leaflets 1" - 3" long, ovate; young foliage red tinge, old light green, red in winter
Flowers elongated panicle, 1' - 2' of small white flowers
Fruit red, 1/8" - 1/4" berry; fall to winter
 
Propagation:
seed, division of clump; semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
vertical accent, small screen, mass plantings, good in containers; fits well into most any landscape
 
Landscape Care:
Watering regular - tolerates briefly dry soils
Fertilizing acid fertilizer in spring - iron for chlorosis
Pruning selectively head back old canes to ground - DO NOT SHEAR
Pests/Diseases scale, leaf hoppers
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China
Family: Berberidaceae

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