Q: I see a lot of people's nandina bushes that are loaded with big red berries right now. Mine have none. What do you feed nandina so you get berries? Do you need a male and female? A: Unless your ...
Many varieties for your garden have invasive, messy look-alikes. Here’s how to tell them apart. Vying for your attention on ?a store shelf are two identical-looking potted shrubs. You read their ...
Cold winter weather causes changes in the foliage of many evergreen plants, including making them express new colors. For instance, Japanese cleyera produces rich, velvety burgundy foliage along with ...
Near the end of July, the landscape tends to become a bit seedy looking. A good way to freshen things up is to deadhead or remove all the faded flowers from spent perennials and to give leggy annuals ...
These dwarf Firepower nandinas are mass planted on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville, Mississippi. Gary Bachman MSU Extension Except for a couple of cold nights, there’s no doubt ...
Winter months bring out the color in Nandinas. Nandina is an evergreen broadleaf shrub with leaves and berries that change with the seasons. As temperatures cool, leaf color begins to express shades ...
The weather to start 2018 has certainly been crazy. We had more than a week of temperatures in the mid-20s (Freezemageddon) followed by a week of moderate, more normal January temperatures. Now, we’re ...
Nandina. It's lovely but deadly. That's right; nandina berries are deadly to birds. Many of us strive to cultivate berry producers for wildlife, aiming especially for berries in three seasons. A ...