All About Nandina's - A Gardeners Good Luck Charm

[@millieatr]

Thats one happy dog .....tail wagging away 🦮

[@iexposu01]

Great video. I have 3 Nandina Obsession in my yard in Arizona. They are very small at the moment but I hope they explode over the next few seasons. I had them as an anchor plant in my California garden and just had to have them here as well. Great plant. Very hardy, very colorful and sun loving. Thanks for promoting this often overlooked plant and its extended family of varieties. Well done.

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video 💚

[@lilylangman5620]

In Texas when we had that deep freeze , there were a flock of birds that ate all our berries off our nandinas. Did not know they were not good for them?

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

Those poor birds, they must have been really desperate!

[@helenjackson6535]

Just read article ..the berries and leaves contain cyanide which can kill birds that eat a lot of them. Also invasive plant

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

@@helenjackson6535 not invasive where we live in England.

[@MickF04]

Is that one Obsession Nandina, or are there more than one shown in the video starting at about 7:00? It looks like your three Gulfstream Nandinas are planted closely together. We were looking at either variety (or both) as a foundation planting, but with a spacing of a bit over 3' apart. I'm trying to determine if they'll still end up forming a solid hedge, or if they'll have a bit of separation between them.

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

Yes just the one plant.

[@masterbeernuts9344]

Subscribed. Great video thank you very much. Many examples and thoughtful details.

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed our video!

[@LAM-eh6oe]

Hi l live in the UK and have 2 potted Nandina Firepower shrubs about 7/8 yrs old. This summer 70% of the leaves turned brown and crispy and dropped off (there are some healthy green/red left) l must admit l haven’t cared for the shrubs that much as they’ve always thrived on little attention, until now that is! The compost in the pots has dropped a lot (exposing some roots) and I’m not sure what to do. I’m thinking of lifting the plants out and repotting with some fresh acidic soil.. and possibly cutting them right down.. but not sure. I would be most grateful for any advice you could offer as l don’t want to lose these beautiful shrubs. Thank you.

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

Hi there! It is definitely a good idea to take out and repot, possibly into larger pots. If they have been in there for 7-8 years, they could do with an annual feed with multi-purpose or ericaceous feed in the spring. I wouldn't recommend cutting them down completely, but you could certainly cut some branches back to promote new growth. The brown leaves may have been caused by our particularly wet winter, getting too wet in the pot. Hope this helps 💚

[@CVenza]

Which nandina grows the tallest?

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

For me 'Plum Passion seems to grow tallest but Nandina domestica is not far behind.

[@devikakaul1494]

How is it that Asian plants and trees are welcome but animals from Asia and Africa are not tolerated by the West?🤔🙄

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

We are a gardening channel so cannot comment on this.

[@littleworld8157]

Did you want to bring an animal and they didn’t let you?!! What animal was it?! I’m very curious.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Actually, they're not all that welcome, either. It's just that we can't seem to talk people out of buying them, or retailers from selling the things. Until legislation is passed, we're up a creek, so to speak. Nandina, like so many other species, is invasive and horrible for the local ecosystem, but gardeners don't care about that stuff so long as it means they get something pretty in their yard. Remember, there's a reason why we've lost so many of our songbirds and pollinators over the last 50 years, never mind the untold damage cause by kudzu, privet, and honeysuckle.

[@fionaedmond7780]

@@threeriversforge1997 Nandinas do not cause any problem in the UK. They are not invasive at all here.

[@threeriversforge1997]

@@fionaedmond7780 "invasive" means that they cause a significant problem in the local ecosystem. So nandinas don't qualify.... but they are still a net-negative for the local ecosystem because they only help to fragment the ecosystem. Remember, the problem isn't just that a plant is running wild and taking over the place. Rather, it's that we're fragmenting the local ecosystem by replacing native plants with non-natives that cannot be used by the local wildlife. As Dr. Tallamy noted in a webinar I recently watched, the fragmentation of the local ecosystem, caused by the unintentional replacement of native w/ non-native, has meant we have lost a lot of our biodiversity. Insects only eat certain plants. If those plants aren't around, there's nothing for the insects to eat. And if there are no insects, there are no songbirds since those songbirds require the insects as a staple for their chicks in the nests. Unfortunately for us, it really doesn't take much. In the US, the monarch butterfly requires Milkweed plants. Nothing else will do. And if there aren't enough milkweeds in close proximity to each other, the monarchs starve before they can find something to eat or a place to lay their eggs. In the UK, all the talk lately is about the need for returning hedgerows to good working order - because the diversity of native plants is now seen as crucial to the ecology. With the urban sprawl that's rampant as the nations are filled with more and more foreigners, far beyond the land's carrying capacity, more and more of the local ecosystem is destroyed in little ways. But because the place still looks green, people don't realize the destruction they've done. Turf creates a hole in the food web. Every single non-native plant creates one less place for birds or insects to eat, and your landscapes are filled with these barren areas. And, yes, the UK does have its fair share of invasive plants. Most of them were brought into the land by homeowners who thought they looked pretty.

[@valerieshealy741]

The seeds are Toxic to birds

[@GreenIslandGardensVideos]

They are indeed, and since the birds won't eat them, the berries stay on the shrubs and make a wonderful feature- one of the many reasons they are an excellent plant for use in garden design 💚

[@allwoundup3574]

Just got done tearing one of these ugly things out of my yard. Terrible things.