Maintain year-round interest in your container garden with this vibrant shrub, a low-maintenance and compact addition ...

The shrub produces berries that last from fall through winter and can be dangerous for birds to ingest. Grace Cary / Getty Images If you're a bird lover, you likely delight in watching these winged ...

This beautiful shrub produces bright red berries but it comes at a cost. A non-native shrub, its berries are known to be ...

Nandina. It's lovely but deadly. That's right; nandina berries are deadly to birds. Many of us strive to cultivate berry producers for wildlife, aiming especially for berries in three seasons. A ...

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for birds and pets. Scott Zona Courtesy of the NC Botanical Garden. Winter is often full of muted, dull colors and frigid ...

A. Nandina domestica, while known as heavenly bamboo, is a member of the Berberidaceae, and not a grass. It grows well in USDA hardiness zones 6-9 and typically produces flowers in late-spring to ...

I recently read an article that said the berries of the Gulf Stream nandina are poisonous to birds, and the plant itself is invasive. It got me thinking — is this true of all nandinas, or just this ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Designing your garden to include berry-producing ...

In China, the Nan-din shrubs are often found just outside doors to the house. According to a Victorian author, should anyone have a bad dream it was confided to the “home shrub” to ensure no harm ...

Winter months bring out the color in Nandinas. Nandina is an evergreen broadleaf shrub with leaves and berries that change with the seasons. As temperatures cool, leaf color begins to express shades ...

Mary Keen advises on growing 'heavenly bamboo', the Far East equivalent to holly Nandina domestica is also known as the heavenly bamboo. It grows all over the Far East, where its heavenly properties ...