NANDINA domestica nana
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dwarf sacred bamboo
Hardy and colourful multi-stemmed perennial with intense leaf colours particularly in the cooler months.
Not a bamboo of course, but a multi-stemmed woody-based perennial from China and Japan. The clumps of thsi dwarf variety eventually may reach 50cm and have divided leaves in shades of deep green, bronze and red. White flowers occur in summer followed by red berries. Sun or light to quite heavy shade, tolerate light frosts. Best grown in fertile soil, it can be used as a feture in mixed plantings or as a low hedge.
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