Re: Nandina domestica
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Nandina domestica
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 04:51:51 -0500
Bobbi,
My species does produce berries except when bad winters kill the top
growth back, but so far haven't seen any fruit on 'Firepower'. Will
echo the 'may we all survive the winter':-) So far, it's a cold one
:-(
My very best to all for the new year! May our gardens surpass our
desires in 2001.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 8:17 AM
>
> Marge, do your nandinas berry? In spring, let us know how it
survived the
> winter (may we ALL survive the winter!!).
>
> In California, these plants are common, and they look like little
bamboos
> with red berries. Beautiful! I personally like the plain green
cultivars,
> which may be hardier than the red-leaved ones (this is just a guess
on my
> part), because the contrast between the red berries and light green
leaves
> is so striking. Of course, if there are no berries then red leaves
would
> be nice.
>
> My friend Diane Heilenman in Louisville (she's the Courier-Journal
garden
> columnist) has been managing to keep Nandina alive, but I can't
remember
> if it berries for her. I think that's zone 6. I once tried one of
the
> plain ones here, but it didn't overwinter. May be worth trying
again. I
> have also read that you need multiple plants to get optimum
berries. Just
> one plant won't do much.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
>
> On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Marge Talt wrote:
> Diann, it's Nandina domestica 'Firepower'. ...
