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Nandina domestica (Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo)

Heavenly bamboo is an upright broadleaf evergreen shrub from China and Japan. It is a clump-forming plant produces open cane-like branches topped with airy compound leaves that are blue-green in color and leathery in texture. Leaves are often bright copper-red as they emerge and a burnished red color in winter. In summer, white panicles of small star-shaped flowers appear followed by clusters of round red berries that persist into winter. Berries are eaten by a variety of birds. Heavenly bamboo prefers some shade but can tolerate sun. Nandina spreads slowly by underground stems, providing attractive clumps for entryways, containers, or as specimen plantings in a ground cover. Nandina is a low maintenance shrub, requiring only one pruning each year to control plant height, if needed. The dwarf varieties do not flower and fruit, they do produce vividly-colored fall foliage and can be used as a ground cover.

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