Nandina Doméstica
Common name: Sacred bamboo or divine bamboo.
This is an extremely decorative plant which grows in a similar way to the bamboo and reaches almost 2m in height. Its leaves are compound and spear-shaped and change colour as they grow, initially red, then green and finally back to red again before falling from the plant. It flowers in summer in spiked bunches of about 20 cm in size which eventually give pretty red fruit in the shape of little red balls.
Origin: Asia.
Average watering. Semi shade.