Scientific name: Nandina domestica
Common name: heavenly bamboo
Family name: Berberidaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA hardiness zone: 7
Mature height and spread: 1.3-2m tall, 1-1.5m tall
Form: upright, twiggy
Water use: moderate
Soil requirements: well-drained
Leaf arrangement: alternate. compound
Fall colour: red in winter
Flower/cone/fruit description: panicle flowers; showy and white. Smell like lemon. Red berry clusters (upright and pyramidal)
Limitations: rhizomes; spreading
Suitable uses: screening. Cut flowers.
Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. China. Alternate. Pinnately compound (tri) . Lancelolate/elliptic. No thorns or spines. Unique leaf structure (very large leaflet structure).