Home & Garden Freshen up your summer-weary garden — plus tips for using ribbon grass, ajuga, nandina By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer July 27, 2024 5:00 AM ...

Home & Garden Freshen up your summer-weary garden — plus tips for using ribbon grass, ajuga, nandina By Marianne Binetti Contributing writer July 27, 2024 5:00 AM ...

Welcome to the world of botanical evil twins. Both of these Nandina varieties are widely available in nurseries today, so beware. It may surprise you that two plants of the same species, differing ...

Nandina (Nandina domestica) (nan-DEE-nah doh-MES-tih-kah) is known by the common name heavenly bamboo because of its fine-textured leaves borne on stiff, upright cane-like stems that resemble the ...

A nandina revival is stirring in American gardens. The Southern Living Plant Collection offers four standout varieties: ‘Flirt,’ ‘Obession,’ ‘Blush Pink’ and the electrifying ‘Lemon ...

The species, standard nandina or heavenly bamboo, gets about 6 to 8 feet tall. It does get somewhat leggy, so it is not planted as much now as it used to be. You can hide the leggy lower stems in ...

The most likely reason that a nandina bush isn't getting fruits is that it's a sterile (i.e. non-fruiting) variety. Fertilizing won't help it produce fruits.

Nandina is is commonly seen in the Southeast as an old-timey shrub, but there are also plenty of recently developed, cultivated varieties.

Dwarf nandina varieties have been developed, and these have increased the landscape options for the plant. They do not flower consistently, so they don’t have the gorgeous fruit production of ...

Versatile and attractive year-round, heavenly bamboo has carved out its place in Northwest gardens. Several dwarf varieties in particular fit just fine in the small urban garden.

However, some varieties may flower and develop fruit in colder environments. One of the better dwarfs, in my opinion, is an old favorite called Firepower.