Heavenly Bamboo seeds Nandina Domestica seeds
LATIN NAME: Nandina domestica
COMMON NAME: Heavenly Bamboo
The heavenly bamboo holds its many small, white flowers and the clusters of the round, red berries, and the fern-like foliage passes from green to the reds of the autumn. The upright, evergreen shrub carries the many long, pinnate, fern-like leaves with the small, oval, dark-green leaflets, flushing to the reds and the purples in the cool months, and the large, loose, upright panicles of the many small, white flowers through the early summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the mild garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the dense clusters of the round, bright-red or pink berries. The plant is a fine, historic presence of the mild garden, and it is a shrub of the open, sunny to lightly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The heavenly bamboo is a historic subject of the plant science, and the round berries keep showing up in the work on the evergreen shrubs. The way the dense clusters of the round, bright-red or pink berries form from the many small, white flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the evergreen shrubs, the red-berried plants and the members of the barberry family. The fern-like leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study shrub, and the heavenly bamboo is a regular subject of the work on the round berries of the mild world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The heavenly bamboo is a fine, bright shrub of the mild garden and the study collection. The dense clusters of the round, bright-red or pink berries follow the large, loose, upright panicles of the many small, white flowers through the early summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the mild garden, drawing the bees, while the fern-like foliage passes from green to the reds and the purples of the cool months. It is one of the fine choices for the mild garden, the foundation planting and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the round berries and the year-round ways. It is a fine, bright shrub of the open, sunny to lightly shaded, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young shrubs the light shade and the moist soil, and the red berries will come in the years to come.
To grow the heavenly bamboo from seed, sow the small, red-brown seeds just below the surface of the pot of fine, moist soil, keep the tray in a cool, bright spot and water gently, then pot the young shrubs on as they fill the pot. The seedlings show themselves within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the red berries will come in the years to come.
As the season changes, the foliage becomes blue green, fading to light green. Clusters of bright green berries replace the flowers. By late summer, the berries will ripen to a bright red.
In the fall, the foliage color again begins to change to shades of pink and red, ending the year with bright red leaves and berries. The berries will remain until they are discovered and enjoyed by the local birds.
Heavenly bamboo will slowly grow to 8 feet if it is left alone. However, it can be kept at a very compact size by pruning. This makes it an excellent choice for entryways, patios or foundation plantings.
Multiple plantings may be used as a screen or hedge. It is also suitable for growing as a container plant, indoors.Nandina may be grown in partial shade, but the foliage colors will be much more intense if it is grown in full sun, with a little shade in the hottest part of the day.