Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo)

Click the tabs to read more

Skill rating Beginner
skill rating
Ultimate spread 1.5m
max. spread
Ultimate height 1.5m
max. height
Time to maturity 10-20 years
to maturity
Maintenance level 1 hour care
per year

Botanical name: Nandina domestica

Other names: Heavenly bamboo, Sacred bamboo, Chinese sacred bamboo

Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add this plant to your plants list

Genus: Nandina

Species: N. domestica - N. domestica is a small evergreen shrub with an upright 'bamboo-like' form; purplish leaves in spring and winter; and small, white flowers in large panicles followed by red berries.

Nandina domestica is: Evergreen

Flower: White in Summer

Foliage: Flushed purple in Spring; Yellow, Green in Summer; Flushed purple in Autumn

Fruit: Red in Autumn

Habit: Compact, Upright

Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)

Plant with: Leycesteria formosa (Himalayan honeysuckle), Acer palmatum 'Peve Multicolor' (Smooth japanese maple)

Worried you won't remember?

Get personalised monthly care reminders with care how-tos specific to this plant.


Watch out for

General care

Propagation methods: Seed, Semi-hardwood cuttings. REGISTER to read more...

Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to receive detailed monthly care instructions

Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo) will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 1.5m after 10-20 years.

Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to match this plant to your garden

Suggested uses: Banks and Slopes, Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Architectural, City, Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Rock

Cultivation: Plant in moist, but well-drained, soil in a sheltered, sunny spot.

Suitable for your garden?
In progress indicator
This plant likes... Garden match
Soil types: Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types) Match unknown
Soil drainage: Moist but well-drained, Well-drained Match unknown
Soil pH: Acid, Alkaline, Neutral Match unknown
Light: Full Sun Match unknown
Aspect: South, East, West Match unknown
Exposure: Sheltered Match unknown
Hardiness: Tender in frost (H3) Match unknown

Discuss Nandina domestica (Heavenly bamboo) with other Shoot members.

Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add a comment or question about this plant

Loss of colour

Comment from Lou

Hello
My Nandina has grown rather tall and bushy but stayed almost green last year. While it is in chalky soil it is up against a wall north-west facing and gets light but not much sun. Is this the reason why it has lost its autumn shade colours please?

Lou

  • Views: 205
  • Replies: 1
  • Posted: Mon. 18th February 2013 20:35
  • Last reply: Tue. 19th February 2013 08:36

little colour foliage this year

Comment from Lou

I have two Nandinas, one in front and one in back garden. Back garden, in ground for nearly 4 years, has shown very little colour this year, and the front garden, just over a year, hardly any colour and no growth. Help please? Should I have fed them?
Thanks, Lou

  • Views: 64
  • Replies: 2
  • Posted: Sun. 11th November 2012 12:25
  • Last reply: Wed. 14th November 2012 10:52

sacred bamboo

Comment from magicgranny

i have inherited this shrub and knew nothing about caring for it. it seems to have been badly damaged by the cold over winter. is there any way i can a) check its survival and b) help it back to health?

  • Views: 362
  • Replies: 2
  • Posted: Wed. 26th May 2010 20:18
  • Last reply: Sun. 30th May 2010 23:18

 

What Shoot members say...

"This is the best site that I have ever registered into. A thousand thanks and more."

Les Challen, Croydon

Sign up today
 

Gardens with this plant

My garden
My garden
Kathy Taylor

Secret garden
Secret garden
Stuart Moon

Back Garden
Back Garden
Toby Arnold

 

Report content or feedback to Shoot
Close panel

Add ? to your lists

To add this plant to your lists login to your account or register for a new account.

Registration is free and straightforward.

Find out more about plant lists here.


Our awards:
Follow us: