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OK, so let's update these posts about Nandina. It is 2023 after all, and plant breeders do their best to create improved varieties of pla...Read More
There are pros and cons to growing this species.
This plant was domesticated over thousands of years from its’ wild rela...Read More
I'm originally from OH, and had not seen this plant until coming to the DC metro area. We have at least 2 varieties that were planted wi...Read More
Responding to Sempervirens206's comment. Nandina domestica is not a noxious weed in the Pacific Northwest. It is in Arkansas and the Sout...Read More
Nandina is listed as a noxious weed and the berries kill birds because they contain Hydrogen Cyanide... nice eh?
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Beautiful plant in fall and early winter for its berries in cold climates(zone 6-7) where few other plants are attractive in late fall. R...Read More
I live near Baltimore Maryland. I have had one of these plants for about 25 years. It has been extremely well-behaved, staying in its ori...Read More
Most boring, one of most overplanted, can spread recklessly
This species has been named a category 1 invasive species by Florida's Exotic Pest Plant Council.
It's made the US Forest...Read More
If you love birds do not plant this nasty aggressive plant. The berries kill birds.
Absolute nightmare. For the sake of the next owners (and/or your future self), please don't plant! I'm trying to grow vegetables in a yar...Read More
I planted this 6 years ago because it said NON-invasive. My husband likes bamboo but I have always said NO, so thought this would be a ni...Read More
I live in Pa near Phila. and love the Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina). I have 3 in my yard and will get another. I have not experienced them be...Read More
In my experience, this plant can be much more invasive than true bamboo, even the runner kind of bamboo. Nandina pops up anywhere like fi...Read More
We are in Jonesboro AR - zone 7B - have them along the fence line to block neighbors stuff - LOVE them. Think we are moving and we're goi...Read More
In Southern California, this plant thrives on neglect. It was already planted in our yard when we bought the house over 30 years ago. T...Read More
No problems here.
I would welcome more aggressiveness, as they are planted as a screen between me and Sanford & Son next door.
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Just returning from a recent visit to Bethesda, Maryland (Washington, DC area) I saw a lot of this used as landscape plantings, and even ...Read More
A landscapers dream but a conservationists nightmare, N. domestica needs next to no human help to thrive and multiply. This habit of rapi...Read More
My experience with Nandina began near Corpus Christi, TX, where it was a very popular plant. I was surprised at first to find them growi...Read More
No spreading by root or seed (only one plant seeded in 25 years!) in the fields, forests, and mountains of East Tennessee. I went out jus...Read More
Grows well here in southeast Arkansas. Beautiful red leaf coloring during fall & winter that transforms to a fresh green color during sum...Read More
I want to plant this in the area of my chickens. I understand that this plant has poisonous parts (berries?) Birds eat the berries, right...Read More
I've had a lot of experience with this plant from early childhood, into commercial landscape maintenance & now as lazy, retired gardener....Read More
This is the most beautiful shrub I own and they first came to my attention at a house we rented about 10 years ago. Two were at the front...Read More
I have seen this plant do everything that was mentioned. When I first moved into my home it was growing uncontrollably and had runners a...Read More
I have a picture or two of my mother standing in front of their house, which she had sent to my father when he was stationed in the Pacif...Read More
I too am surprised at all the negatives. This is my absolute all time favorite plant. I've used in three different homes with great resul...Read More
Almost impossible to get rid of. Here in the Arizona low desert it proliferates even in full shade. Grows without watering it for month...Read More
We have four of these flanking the front porch of our rental home. Seems like every four weeks I'm having to trim it despite the itching...Read More
Happy in Paris with Nandina. I think there are 5 tall ones on the south, length of house with taylored solid evergreen ground cover. The...Read More
This plant is miserable! It is a highly invasive plant. I have decided to dig mine up because in a 2-year period the plant has doubled...Read More
PURE EVIL!!!!! Super invasive!!!
The previous owners of my house planted this along the fence toward one side of my backyard, then...Read More
Truly, one of the most beautiful shrubs for fall--took my breath away when I found it in a garden center in southern Kentucky and lugged ...Read More
INVASIVE exotic. Unfortunately, this has been a very popular plant in the nurseries in central Texas because this plant grows well here a...Read More
Will Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina grow in full sun in Central Texas?
Wow, for all our Oregonian concern about invasive plants, the Nandina is not a hot topic at garden parties. It's more of a must have for ...Read More
Invasive! Not only does it spread by roots, but also by seeds. Takes over local ecosystems. It crowds out native plant preserves, beca...Read More
I have done alot of research on this plant. I know about its invasive habits. I have had it for 4 years in my garden. It is not evergr...Read More
This plant grows very welll here in the hot desert in the shade / morning sun. I have even seen it in full sun conditions, but does it n...Read More
I am so surprised at the number of negatives on this plant. It almost sounds like we're talking about 2 entirely different plants. Here ...Read More
We have had this plant growing in our front yard for twenty years. It has withstood drought and hard frost conditions. The foliage is a...Read More
Hard to get rid of once you have it. Grows like a weed. Completely invasive in Texas
Notice all the comments on aggressiveness come from the warmer areas. Not at all aggressive here and makes a wonderful 4 season shrub. Th...Read More
Although I have to agree that this plant can and in some ways does look quite pretty (at times), it's a major thorn in my side right now....Read More
Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina Nandina domestica is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.
I've always had these in my yard. Yes, they tend to multiply, but can be controlled without alot of effort, at least that has been my exp...Read More
I love the foliage. It almost has a Japanese garden look to it. From now on I will cut off the berries, which I haven't been very impre...Read More
This plant always looks beautiful in my yard. It can be trimmed to fit some weird little spot where you cannot find just the right plant...Read More
I grow it in a pot in Colorado and it has done very well. I bring it into the house in October for the winter.
It looks like a bamboo, sort of. It isn't. It's pretty. It's planted almost everywhere I have been here in Florida. The Gainesville R...Read More
I have not experienced the wide spreading habits of this plant, but I do know it grows very quickly in the sun, and becomes unkempt very ...Read More
This plant is weedy and just plain UGLY !
Yes, it is beautiful, but please don't plant it in central or southern Florida. It tries to take over the world. I should have added tha...Read More
I love this plant because the foliage changes color, something that rarely happens here. I have not tried starting by seed. They are be...Read More
One of the older ornamental shrubs, Nandina is frequently seen in the deep south. The elegant, delicately formed stems and foliage belie...Read More
Nandina can be very beautiful with their rainbow shades of foliage, scarlet berries and lacy leaves. I've not had the experience of it be...Read More
I live in The Piny Woods of East Texas and I have had this plant for 20 Years. It does not send out roots but the birds love it so it is...Read More
While treehugger has an important point - if this is threatening natural habitat in your area, it shouldn't be planted - I have had a bat...Read More
I bought several of these "clearance-type" a year ago. Thought they were dying, looked really bad the first year, but this year they are...Read More
Class I invasive. FLEPPC dot ORG Listed as a problem for all southeastern states and Texas. invasive DOT org
It surely is beautifu...Read More
A great foliage plant. It's foliage goes redder in winter. It's a very drought tolerant plant. Very attractive. Thrives in Full sun. I cu...Read More
It is not agressive in Mobile, AL. I have trouble keeping it growing in some places, especially low light. It seems to do well even when...Read More
I like nandina very much. The berries in the fall and winter (and well into spring), and the leaves, add much needed interest to the blan...Read More
I've had the plant for two years now (bought as a 1 foot twig!)and planted it by our pond in Luton, UK. It has grown to height of 6 feet ...Read More
Every home I have ever lived in in the Coastal South has had some type of nandina in the yard, and I have never, ever, noticed that it wa...Read More
Heavenly bamboo is not aggressive in my North Carolina Piedmont garden. My nandina is in quite heavy shade in a woodland garden area and...Read More
This variety spreads through underground runners and seeds. There is a variety that is noninvasive, but I do not know the variety's name ...Read More
I did not find it to be invasive, but that was because it died right away. When I bought it at our old house, in San Francisco, I did not...Read More
Be certain you really, really like this plant and want to keep it forever. It is extremely difficult to get rid of, as even the smallest ...Read More
This plant has gorgeous red berries in autumn and all through winter, which adds lots of color in an otherwise drab environment. It can ...Read More
A relative of the Barberries, the common name of Nandina domestica is in reference to its delicate, bamboo-like foliage. It start...Read More