Seasonal Interest and Photographs

Nandina domestica Thunb.
 
Heavenly Bamboo

Flowers: White flowers with prominent yellow stamens, opening in June.

Foliage: Delicate, doubly-pinnate compound leaves. Bluish-green in color. Some cultivars, especially the dwarf selections, have attractive red coloration in the fall and winter.

Fruit: Red berries ripening in the fall and persisting through the winter. White and yellow fruited forms exist.

Trunk, Branching, Twigs: Stems do not branch and have a vague resemblance to bamboo.

 

Location: A common plant on the University of Arkansas campus. Plants can be found on the south side of the Home Economics building.

Photographs: Click on an image to see a larger version:

fall color, dwarf cultivar form fruit flowers fall and winter color, dwarf cultivar
winter color on dwarf cultivar        

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