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Just Try To Kill Nandina
11.09.2024 - 15:05 / southernliving.com
One of the first of many commands my wife gave me after we got married was to rip up all the nandinas in front of my house. «It makes the house look abandoned,» she stated. «If you don't do it, I will.»
Now that's a threat an experienced gardener like Grumpy loves to hear. Because I know what it takes to tear out an established clump of nandina. This. (We don't have one.)
See, regular nandina (Nandina domestica), also humorously known as «heavenly bamboo,» grows a nearly impenetrable network of thick roots that keeps expanding every year. Over time, a small clump grows into a thicket the approximate size of Delaware. Extracting a clump using a pick or shovel goes about as fast as chiseling your way out of Alcatraz. Plus, every little piece of root you leave behind grows another plant. So when my lovely bride threatened to treat the nandina with extreme prejudice, I responded thusly.
«Have fun!»
Over the course of a weekend, the nandina clump shrank with the speed of an Antarctica ice sheet calving off icebergs. The nandina won.
And that's precisely why so many people hate this import from Japan.
What Is Nandina?Nandina belongs to the barberry family but is reminiscent of bamboo in its lightly branched, canelike stems and delicate, fine texture foliage.
Nandina is too easy to grow. This upright, evergreen shrub grows in dense stands of cane-like stems everywhere. It grows in sun. It grows in shade. It grows in any well-drained soil. No pests bother it, not even deer. It laughs at droughts. Winter cold is its only obstacle. Below zero temps kill it to the ground. Then it grows back.
Birds flock to the berries (in one documented case, they were affected by cyanide poisoning, a danger for humans, dogs, and cats as
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