Nandina domestica

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).

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