How to grow Nandina Domestica (Heavenly Bamboo)

[@davidharris9451]

What an incredible education... straight and to the point from beginning to end!!! My search stops HERE on the subject of Heavenly Bambo. Thanks!!!

[@lynnbrown2829]

Literally the best info on this plant I’ve found, thank you!

[@annehalkyard]

Thanks for the video Jim. I have some Nandina to transplant as screening plants in my front yard and your video helped me decide. They will love my western sun and create great interest as well as screening my porch. Thanks!

[@monicawaller8856]

I absolutely love this plant. It is beautiful all year long.

[@theresamurray3285]

I think this is the variety of Nandina that I have. In my experience, it is not low maintenance as it spreads like wildfire! I have to thin it out of my garden 2 to 3 times a growing season. If low maintenance means that you don't have to do anything to make it grow then that is true but you will have to stay ahead of this plant to keep it contained in the areas that you want it and out of the areas that you do not want it in.

[@carefreedelight2355]

Yes, brilliantly helpful. Thank you.

[@rebeccawaite5973]

Hi Jim, I'm a fellow Triangle resident and really appreciate your channel! This same nandina was planted at my house by previous owners. It spreads everywhere! In one season it took over approximately 30 feet of a large garden bed. How do you keep it under control? And if you want to remove it, what is the best way to do that? The root system is unbelievable!

[@charlesmcdonald8375]

That was helpful. Thank you.

[@lisapowers5782]

I grew some Nandina's from seed and have planted them in an area in which you suggest so I think they will do rather well. The new plants' leaves don't look like my older leaves. In fact, they look like oak leaves. I know that there's no way that oak seeds were in my pot because I planted 8 seeds in them and I only kept 4 plants when I separated them into small pots during the winter before I planted them this spring. I've searched everywhere and can't find what a newly sprouted Nandina plant looks like. Can you help? Thanks.

[@Telthecelt]

Thanks. Just bought one today in Lidl since they looked good on the trolley in the car park as we drove in. We’re in Central Scotland so probably like Nova Scotia in climate. I’ll take care of it. Considering a big pot and putting it into my cold greenhouse from November to March. Peaty compost with a bit of chicken manure pellets. Would it be suitable to feed that in the spring?

[@pamreddoch9318]

Thanks for the video. We bought 4 Nandinas and live in northern Nevada where its super rocky. We were wondering if we could plant the Nandinas domestica in a large 2 foot planter? Can you please help us?

[@copperpenny0209]

Thank you for your videos! I'm in zone 8b and would love to mass plant these to get some privacy from my neighbors. I'm a little concerned that they would be invasive and move into their yard. Wondering how invasive they are.

[@JimPutnam]

higherlivingPJW Last They can sucker over time. It's one of those things where it is easy to take care of if you cut the suckers off to the ground twice a year, but extremely difficult if you let it get out of control.

[@FrancesCecil-p8v]

Thank you for the information.

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

I just got one from a neighbor that was digging his up❣️

[@troyhenry3267]

Jim, I live in north Georgia power This is my favorite shrub to plant in my lawn from past homes I've had. Having hard time finding this variety of nandina. Where you suggest I could buy some of these in a 5 gallon size?

[@jonanderson4280]

I was just reading up on it. They say the plant is extremely toxic to animals like goats. Can anybody confirm this?

[@roblena7977]

My chickens don't eat them but I keep it away from my goats.

[@cassier7272]

Very helpful video on how to maintain my Nandina.

[@lalaurie3267]

Hi Jim!!! I have sooooo many questions!! The house we bought has some nandina growing along one corner of yard, along the fence line. I'm hoping to spread it out and have it screen the entire fence line. What would be the best way to go about this? Can I dig up the shoots and replant? Can I move around what is currently there? Help!!!

[@carlyrn2005]

Great video👏. I see a lot of Nandinas that are woody and ugly... zone 7b why do they all look like that?

[@troyhenry3267]

Jim, Just subscribed! Question. i seem to have a hard problem locating the Nandina heavenly bamboo variety that produces the small cluster of red berries during the growing season on this one? Any idea where a good place to locate this variety ?? i live in the Atlanta area, thankyou!!

[@paulamccutcheon4844]

Can you just cut the bottom of the nursery pot and plant to keep the Nandina Domestica from spreading? If making a privacy hedge, how far apart should i plant them?

[@rosalieschwarz7986]

Hi Jim, I have a rainforest shady area on the west coast Tofino BC requiring a tall screen to block neighbour garage. The soil is wet , during winter periods. Would you recommend this Nandina bamboo. While i am attracted to the gorgeous berries I was dreaming of a thick green classical stock.Thank you

[@ButterflyLiondance]

Hi Jim, am planning on getting five gallons planted behind a pool wall (2-3 ft between two walls) to create a privacy screen to raise at least maybe six feet. Full sun in high desert. Questions - does it function like standard bamboo where you can hear them rustling in the wind? And how fast can these grow in one year from planting? (Wondering how quick can get them to create a privacy screen). Thank you. Great video!

[@stslattery]

I bought a dwarf size Nandina and want to plant it in a pot. Do you have any suggestions or warnings about planting it in a pot?

[@AA-ke8gc]

Hi Jim, thanks for the lovely presentation. I live in Orlando, Florida and plan to plant these around my AC unit. However, I do plan to mulch around it to prevent weeds. Is the mulching really a bad idea as stated in your video?

[@JimPutnam]

+A A No its not a problem at all. Just don't pile it up on the plant itself. There are new varieties of Nandina that are improvements over these. Look at my Nandina playlist for other varieties.

[@AA-ke8gc]

ok. Thanks

[@mattbarnes4499]

It is a weed. Do not plant this invasive species.

[@maryfitzpatrick3546]

why has all the leaves fallen off my nandina? i live in ireland,

[@ArnoldQMudskipper]

Could you keep it in a pot/container?

[@cherrellbrazier3097]

How do you trim it?

[@mjd3919]

How do you manage runners?

[@laurasilvera3766]

Can nandina take reflective heat from a concrete wall? I have a flower bed by the aide of my house, in the mornin it has full shade, from noon to sunset it has full sun... And I wanted to plant a nandina there.

[@JimPutnam]

Yes, for sure. I had them on the west side of my old house.

[@cylonhibrid]

What about growing in large pots

[@tball5677]

I actually found this plant at the dump. I was making a dump run and someone threw away a bush. It appeared to have been there long enough to have all the dirt washed off the roots. It was still thriving.

[@evewilmot8626]

Considered invasive in many areas. I burntball mine

[@Telthecelt]

@@evewilmot8626 What does burnball mean please?

[@evewilmot8626]

Sorry… typo…i burnt. All. Mine.

[@Telthecelt]

@@evewilmot8626 Ah, silly me! Of course. Time for bed I think. 🙂

[@lindaprice441]

If this is what I have, I hate it. We bought our house and these plants were all around the yard. I need to get rid of them, but can't! I keep trying to cut them off but they just keep coming back!

[@Doris-y5v]

I have planted 4 each dies witin a moth I think they go to shock how to plant one ?? thanks

[@adamsrosales6519]

Did you not see the video? You probably need to change hobbies.

[@rsanchez5179]

Hello. My garden soil does not drain much. I dug a hole approximately 15 in deep and filled it with water and after 24 hrs still has water. Would this be a problem for some plants? I was thinking to plant roses and firepower nandinas. The garden is located facing the West, so it's going to have shade in the morning and some sun light in the afternoon. Do you have any advise or recommendation for me? I really appreciate it.

[@JimPutnam]

I would definitely mound them up several inches above the grade. I was in south Louisiana a few weeks ago and they have the problem with a high water table and they mound everything up.

[@DavidMolloy-v3b]

Add potting grid and some sand

[@dlhiles]

Hi Jim - I live in Jacksonville FL and am interested in planting a Nandina Domestica in my front yard - I read somewhere that the berries are poisonous to people and pets and I have a dog. Do the berries fall to the ground? I'm worried that if they do, she might eat them...Great Danes eat everything!

[@JimPutnam]

+dlhiles All parts of a Nandina are in a low category of toxic. If it were a real issue there would be no dogs or kids alive in the south. They are everywhere.

[@dlhiles]

Thank you!

[@shaakiracassim5144]

Hi ive bought this few days ago n was disappointed to find woolly aphids on the branches n underneath the leaves.. How do i treat it.. Should i cut it so it would regrow or just hand pick the wolly aphids

[@JimPutnam]

It is time to prune them which would get rid of lots of aphids and give some air flow to help with the rest

[@shaakiracassim5144]

@@JimPutnam its mid summer here in South Africa. I hand picked them n gave the leaves a good shower of water.. Should i fertilize with liquid fertilizer or forst prune

[@trudediamond9693]

Jim, your video is so helpful! I have one question you didn't address: do new canes and their foliage look different from mature canes for the first season? I live in Tampa, FL, and have a hedge of nandina domestica that's been in the ground 3 years. There's one type of vine with leaves shaped like nandina foliage but larger, and it tends to root right beside the nandinas. I can spot them, pull the vines away from the nandina branches, and dig them out, no problem. But ... My problem is that I'm now seeing what MIGHT be a different copy-cat weed or truly new canes of nandina, but with foliage slightly paler and larger than the mature canes, canes that are a lighter green and as thick as mature canes. The horizontal branches aren't quite the same growth pattern as those of the mature canes, and they seem to be growing much faster than the original canes grew. In Florida, weeds grow like ... well, like WEEDS. But some shrubs' new growth (shoots/runners) sprout up to nearly the parent plant's height the first spring into mid-summer. Might these be yet another type of "copycat" weed, or do you think they're really new canes and growing faster because the root structure is now much better than when I first planted the nandinas? Example: no new canes were visible when we left for a trip in late May, and when I returned on July 8 these "new canes" were well leafed-out and nearly as high as the original canes. There were no flowers before we left town, so no berries now. Do you think I should leave them alone and see whether they flower next season or treat them like weeds and kill them now before they strangle the canes I know are "my" nandinas?

[@JunesTarotJourney]

Thanks so much for this video. My Nandina was moved last fall and doing well through the winter; but my gardener who set up the drip system, somehow forgot to put a drip on that plant and I thought it had one was giving it what I though, was extra water once in a while. Then this morning somethings looked very wrong and a closer look revealed that the leaves were dry. Of course I panicked after seeing no drip line anywhere near it, so I gave it four gallons of water. Do you think it will come back? And if so, should I leave it as is, or just prune it way down. Thanks for any help.

[@astrokiddd11]

Sounds invasive

[@juliecollins1372]

It's very invasive in Texas and the southeast U.S.

[@gwynnethguerriero6365]

I just heard that they found out in 2016 that these berries kill birds. The arsenic builds up in their bodies and they die. You should cut off the beautiful berries and discard in the trash.

[@wricker91]

How close can I plants these to my foundation? What about firepower as well?

[@californiakat1168]

I just got some big and little cuttings from one of these from my neighbor. How do I prepare them to grow in a pot?

[@JC-xi2sv]

I have planted a Nadina for over 6 months, but it didn't turn red in winter and just does not bloom at all. I wonder why?

[@jae9311]

They do not "bloom." Some varieties get berries. Some grow slowly, and a lot are cultivars (human-created from different parent plants) that are "dwarf" size, which rarely get bigger than 3x3 ft.

[@ginnykerlin]

When we bought our house there were several nandinas planted around the foundation. We didn't like them there but it was almost impossible to get rid of them.We tried cutting them down, digging them up, and every time they would reappear from the roots which were deep and rock hard, and we never seemed to get all of them out. After struggling several years we did get rid of them but what an ordeal.

[@JimPutnam]

+ginnykerlin Yeah, the regular Nandina domestica can really anchor itself, but the dwarf varieties are much more tame.

[@murrstevens]

Dor this not kill birds?

[@jae9311]

He answered that above.

[@wendywilson81]

I have some old nandinas I inherited when were bought this house. We've been here 2 years and I have yet to see berries on it. Any ideas on what it needs to produce?

[@lilylangman5620]

What about drought

[@michaeldistad4592]

Nothing will ever kill this bush. Fires from hades' lair itself would not kill this bush.

[@daleengreyling620]

Can you re-plant and how?

[@papyxis196]

this kills the bird cedar waxwing.

[@JimPutnam]

Not that I care whether or not anyone ever buys another Nandina domestica, but this bird story is a single incident in Georgia. As far as I can tell, there is no other documented story of this ever happening in the hundred plus years this shrub has been grown in the southeast. They are toxic, but birds typically never eat them. This had to have been a group of desperate birds. Like I say, almost no one grows this shrub, because newer ones don't fruit.

[@tana2183]

HortTube with Jim Putnam I grow this. I love them and will always grow them. They do sell them at lowes but i want the invasive ones.

[@summerleighphotography]

@@tana2183 yikes, someone tells you this plant can be harmful to native species and you don't care and do it anyways cause you like it? some people...

[@mattbarnes4499]

Do not plant this Invasive species. We have enough problems with honeysuckle, burning bush, kudzu, multiflora rose...

[@Frosty2]

Matt Barnes it’s not invasive in the northern US

[@topple80]

I wouldn’t plant this, it’s invasive, non-native, and it’s cherries are actually poisonous to wildlife.

[@windhorsepixy]

Not invasive in the west - at all.

[@juliecollins1372]

@@windhorsepixy Perhaps not yet...hope it stays that way. It's a menace in Texas along with several other non-native species.

[@tommylacey8158]

J

[@frogsbeatuu8582]

these things have invaded and ruined my entire yard

[@GenderIsBinary80]

The roots must first be soaked in gasoline; after 30 minute soak, promptly place on pile of burning wood, such as a bonfire 🔥.

[@peggyoneal8402]

When do the get berries what time of the month