stone said:
Personally...
I'm a fan of the bluestem...
And have been busily removing the nandina, ever since learning that it killed birds...
http://www.recordonline.com/ap...
Bad enough that stuff is invasive...
http://www.beautifulwildlifega...
I was wondering why it says 'All the birds had intact Nandina berries in their crops'. If the birds did not digest the berries then how did it kill them? I have never heard of this.
I have had Nandina for a lot of years (at least 15) and I have never ever seen any bird go to this shrub and take a berry. To me they are just for look at's and I know certain berries they will not eat unless they are desperate. I always have bird seed and suet for the birds and maybe they just chose to eat other things. This would be a good way to keep your beautiful Nandina and keep the birds happy too.
I have not had much problem with it being invasive. I had one huge Nandina next to a water spout at the other house and I had volunteer seedlings under that one, but they were easy to pull up and in my area I am use to pulling up saplings. I pull up 20 baby pine trees at a time on a good day, but I do not have a pine tree.
