Heavenly Bamboo

Image by sasimoto Turn any corner and on any residential street and you’ll see Nandina shrubs growing. Sometimes called heavenly bamboo, this easy-to-grow bush is used often in USDA zones 6 to 9 as an…

Image by tsuchikure Heavenly bamboo can be anything but heavenly in the landscape. A more apropos adjective might be dreadful, as in dreading dealing with heavenly bamboo invasiveness because, yes, Nandina,…

Image by Wako Megumi Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) is not related to bamboo, but it has the same lightly branched, cane-like stems and delicate, fine textured foliage. It is an upright ornamental…

Image by seven75 Heavenly bamboo plants have many uses in the landscape. The leaves change colors from a delicate green in spring to deep maroon in fall through winter. Growing heavenly bamboo is not…

Image by seven75 If you want a tall easy-care shrub with showy flowers that doesn’t require much water, how about Nandina domestiica? Gardeners are so thrilled with their nandina that they call it “heavenly…