![]() ![]() It was discovered at Magnolia Gardens Nursery tissue culture facility. The cultivar name 'MURASKI' means purple in Japanese due to the color of new growth. Mature foliage is deep blue green in color. It is a sport of Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf' but differs in having wine red colored young foliage. Staying small at 12-24" tall with a spread of 14-20" it is characterized by its tight, dense mounding plant habit. 'Murasaki', commonly sold under the trade name of FLIRT, is a dwarf cultivar with red foliage for 9 months of the year. Genus name is the Latinized form of the Japanese name of this plant Nanten. ![]() Additionally, the berries of Nandina domestica have been linked to toxicity in cedar waxwing birds. It is now considered to be an invasive species in some southern states. Heavenly bamboo tends to invade adjacent lands including certain forested areas of the southeastern United States and naturalize therein. Flowers are followed by sprays of spherical, two-seeded, red berries which persist from fall to spring, providing winter interest. Tiny whitish flowers with yellow anthers appear in late spring in loose, erect, terminal clusters. Although it belongs to the Barberry family, it is commonly called heavenly bamboo because its erect, cane-like stems and compound leaves resemble bamboo. Louis, it is semi-evergreen to deciduous, and typically grows shorter since the stems often will die to the ground in winter. This is a rhizomatous, upright, evergreen shrub that typically grows to 4-8’ tall and to 2-4’ wide.
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