Versatile and attractive year-round, heavenly bamboo has carved out its place in Northwest gardens. No need to fear Nandina , either. Although it resembles bamboo – hence, its name -- it belongs to ...

Q: I've had a nandina for several years, and it's never produced berries. I'm wondering if it's just too cold for them up here in Lykens or whether it's a variety that doesn't fruit. It's never ...

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 ...

Tough, attractive and versatile landscape plants never go out of fashion, and one of the best is heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica). This native of China and Japan is not actually a bamboo and may ...

If you tend to get into a little domestic hot water from time to time, plant a nandina. The Japanese call the plant heavenly bamboo because it is believed that sharing your problems with the plant ...

Cold winter weather causes changes in the foliage of many evergreen plants, including making them express new colors. For instance, Japanese cleyera produces rich, velvety burgundy foliage along with ...

What makes a plant “tough”? To me, a tough plant is an adaptable survivor. A tough plant survives and grows year after year. A tough plant withstands the wide fluctuations in rainfall, temperature and ...

Q: I have a walkway going up to the house, and I had some midget arborvitae planted next to it. I don't really like it and will probably have these plants moved somewhere else. I want something with ...