San Gabriel Nandina

San Gabriel NandinaNandina domestica 'Filamentosa' thread-leaf nandina

We bought this plant several years ago from Home Depot…the only time we have seen it since was at the Great Outdoors in a 4 inch pot for $12.  This Nandina is in the Barberry family even though it is called Heavenly Bamboo.  It is also known as Thread-leaf Nandina.  This evergreen shrub stays quite small usually l to 2 ft. tall and has intricate dissected leaves which give it a very lacy, almost fernlike look.

It almost looks like it might be a cross between a Nandina and a Japanese Maple. This nandina does not send out shoots and seems to remain as a single plant.  The plant grows very slowly but has grown to almost 4 ft. in our garden.  We tried taking cuttings but did not succeed…also where we took the cuttings the plant did not put out again.