Nandina domestica 'Umpqua Chief'

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 3'-7'
W: 2'-5'

planting zones

6a-9b

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Nandina domestica 'Umpqua Chief' plant details

Nandina domestica 'Umpqua Chief' is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with green foliage. In summer cream flowers emerge followed by red fruit. Features glossy texture. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture water. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Nandina domestica 'Umpqua Chief'

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: berberidaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 2 FT - 5 FT - wide, 3 FT - 7 FT - tall
Flowers: cream blooms in summer
Uses: fall color

GROWING CONDITIONS for Nandina domestica 'Umpqua Chief'

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

‘Umpqua Chief’ is a large nandina that can eventually reach seven feet. It has intense purplish-red colouration in the winter foliage. Clusters of small white summer flowers give way to bright orange-red winter fruit. Not a bamboo at all but a non-invasive relative of Mahonia, the Oregon grape. Nandinas are incredibly versatile and useful evergreen shrubs with great foliage interest. Full shade right up to full sun!

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A vigorous selection, making a fine 5-6' hedge, whose narrow leaves, red-spotted in fall, become an over-all bright red during winter. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

A slow-growing variety to 8' tall, it has large leaves divided into broad, thick leaflets. The new growth opens maroon, then turns dark green during the warm season and then again to plum with the onset of winter.

By: Native Sons

Green leaves turn reddish in fall, white flowers, red berries, evergreen, deer resistant. Zones 6-9.

By: Lael's Moon Garden

A medium sized grower of the Umqua series 3' high, 2' wide after 3 years. Mature height should reach 5-7'. The Chief has all the wonderful attributes of nandina, making it a wonderful container of even hedge plant.