Heavenly Bamboo Gulf Stream

Not a real bamboo, Nandina domestica Gulf Stream Rubra is a compact, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with pinnate leaves with lance-shaped leaflets. New growth emerges reddish-orange, turning green with age, but keeping the bronze-orange flush; it turns greener later, but keeping the bronze-orange flush; it turns red and gold in autumn and winter. Conical, white, star-shaped flowers appear in summer, sometimes followed by red berries.  Heavenly bamboo was once planted at the doors of Japanese houses for use as toothpicks. Good in containers.

Site: Sheltered
Soil: Any moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
Position: Full sun; tolerates shade
Season of interest: Summer, Autumn
Hardiness: Very hardy
Height:  70 cm (2.3 ft)  Spread: 50 cm (1.6 ft)