| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 6-8 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 4-6 feet |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Unusual foliage color Evergreen Semi-evergreen Broadleaf |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Provides winter interest Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Fruit is poisonous Other: Nandina berries contain cyanide and other alkaloids and is extremely poisonous to all animals. |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Suitable for wintersowing Other info: Direct sow outside in fall. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Frillylily | On July 17, 2024 | Miscellaneous Event This is most commonly sold as 'Firepower Nandina'. While hardy in zone 5 and 6 for me, it does die off quite a bit by the first of January, and regrows new leaves in late spring after the soil warms. In warmer zones it remains evergreen and can get much taller than in colder zones where it may died back to the ground each winter and has to regrow. It comes out full and round like a little ball for me, and even though I have had it for 10 years, it has never gotten larger than 18" x 18". I never prune it other than to remove a dead piece here or there, it requires no shaping. The leaves turn a beautiful bright red in the fall and it has a bright almost lime green color in the spring-the new growth. It seems to be a tough as nails plant that can take hash conditions, mine is planted in heavy like soil, next to the road area where I can't reach it w my water hose very readily so it gets little in the way of supplemental water. Very hot summers, and -10F winters here easily, and also it contends with my Bermuda grass which I halfheartedly try to keep pulled away in this area. It is in full on sun with no shade, ever. I have never noticed any blooms or berries (I don't think it is supposed to have flowers unlike the Heavenly Bamboo variety that has long white flower clusters followed by toxic berries.) I have never had trouble with either variety of nandina spreading out of bounds, being invasive. Both varieties behave for me in their space. I have noticed no foliage scent on either variety, but they are all planted away from my house/porch areas. My pets have never been attracted to either variety of nandina, they don't mess with them. |
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