Nandina domestica
Heavenly Bamboo

 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (White flowers appear as 8-15" long panicles arising from pink buds in May and June)
 Foliage Notes:
Multi-Colored (New leaves emerge coppery to purplish red in the spring); Green (Bluish-green tri-pinnately compound leaves); Red (Fall color)
 Fruit Notes:
Red (Fruit are spectacular, globular, 1/3" diameter, 2-seeded, bright red berries that ripen in Sept. and persist through winter)
 Ultimate Height:
6-8 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
5-7 feet
 Soil Notes:
Adapts to wide range of soils, except very high pH soils
 Range:
China
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
12-30" long tri-pinnately compound leaves emerge coppery to purplish red, then change to bluish-green. Leaflets only 0.5-4" long.

Additional Information

The beautiful red fruits are so prolific they can even bend down branches. Tolerates full sun or shade, even fruits well in shade. Prune by cutting canes back to ground. Develops iron chlorosis on Southwestern US due to high soil pH. 'Atropurpurea Nana' stays 2' high with reddish-green color throughout summer, turning dark red in winter.

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