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Nandina domestica

Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo

Not actually a bamboo, but the species looks somewhat like one.

Dwarf forms are usually more popular for modern gardens and urban landscaping, and can be used as informal mini-hedges or even groundcover if planted en masse. They are suprisingly tough plants and very popular with landscapers.

They can get nice autumnal tones in winter, but this might depend on the environmental conditions they are growing in. Berry-producing cultivars should be avoided because of their weed potential. More information about Nandina coming to this page in the future.

Links

Note that some cultivars referred to in links below may not be available in Australia, or be known under different names.

Nandina Domestica - 'Heavenly Bamboo' Some information about the species and a review of cultivars. In: Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter, Number 11, December 1984. JC Raulston Arboretum, NC State University

Nandinas Top List For Fall, Winter Office of Agricultural Communications Mississippi State University, USA

Nandina (Heavenly Bamboo) University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo, University of Florida USA (PDF)

Nandina domestica 'Harbor Dwarf' University of Florida USA (PDF)

Dwarf Nandinas Can Be Good Landscape Choices

Nandina Clemson University, South Carolina USA

Plants & Japan This website contains interesting information and pictures of unusual narrow-leaved Japanese cultivars of Nandina

Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica) University of Arkansas

Dwarf Nandina 'Gulf Stream' University of Arkansas

Sacred Bamboo, Nandina Invasive Plants of the Eastern U. S.

Nandina domestica University of Florida (PDF)

Nandina Encyclopedia of Stanford Trees, Shrubs & Vines (PDF)

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