Moon Bay nandina
Nandina domestica 'Moon Bay'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tallup to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Moon Bay' nandina (Nandina domestica 'Moon Bay') is a shrub for naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to pass it by. It grows 24 to 36 inches tall and up to 36 inches wide with a rapid growth rate. It is evergreen, drought tolerant, and salt tolerant, and it attracts birds.
Pairs well with Fountain grass, September Charm anemone, and Sweet woodruff.