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Nandina domestica 'Filamentosa' (Thread-leaf Nandina) - This evergreen small shrub grows to 1 to 2 feet tall and has intricate dissected leaves which give it a very lacy, almost fern-like, look. It is slower growing and much smaller than the species yet it still has the same bamboo cane-like stems and foliage colors. New foliage is reddish in color and during the fall the leaves turn an orange, bronze or purplish red. Pinkish-white flowers bloom in clusters at the ends of branches in the late spring and summer.
Plant in sun or shade and water little to occasionally. It will survive temperatures down to 10 degrees F.
Nandina domestica is native to central and southern China and Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus with the name for the genus derived from 'Nanten', the Japanese name for the plant and the specific epithet means "cultivated", "domesticated" or "of home sites" because of its common use in the landscape. It was first imported into England in 1806 and then introduced into the US shortly after this.
The variety 'Filamentosa' was imported from Japan and named by Ray Yoshimura of San Gabriel Nursery. It is also called Nandina filamentosa 'Threadleaf', Nandina 'San Gabriel' and Nandina 'Kirajuse'. We grew this interesting cultivar from 2002 until 2012.
The information about Nandina domestica 'Filamentosa' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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