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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Plant Height: 6-8 ft.
Plant Spread: 4-6 ft.
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Other: Nandina berries contain cyanide and other alkaloids and is extremely poisonous to all animals.
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Other info: Direct sow outside in fall.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Heavenly Bamboo
  • Nandina

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Location: My garden
Fall color
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-04-14
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: Fall color
Location: Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2010-10-09
  reliable, this pathway border has been growing for almost fifte
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