Building my run today.

[zazouse]

Took a few pictures of a couple of them.

I believe that is Nandina, i would not plant one in a pen, it is toxic and birds may not eat them when free ranged but given the fact that some birds will try anything sometimes in a pen.
I have some texas lilac seed that i can send anone that wants them for the cost to cover shipping, they will survive in the poopest soil and grows very fast proving your birds with hours of shade.
THey make tons of seeds and birds love them

look them up on the net and you can see how pretty they are. Bees love them also

 

[casportpony]

Thanks for that info, won't be more of those!

Nandina

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Nandina

Scientific classification​

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Nandina
Thunb.
Species: N. domestica

Binomial name
Nandina domestica
Thunb.​

Nandina domestica (pron.: /nænˈdiːnə dəˈmɛstɨkə/ nan-DEE-nuh)[1][2][3] commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Nandina.
Contents

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• 1 Description
• 2 Toxicity
• 3 Status as an invasive species
• 4 Garden history and cultivation
• 5 Gallery
• 6 Notes
• 7 References
• 8 External links

[edit] Description

Despite the common name, it is not a bamboo but an erect evergreen shrub up to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1.5 m (5 ft) wide, with numerous, usually unbranched stems growing from ground level. The glossy leaves are sometimes deciduous in colder areas, 50–100 cm (20–39 in) long, bi- to tri-pinnately compound, with the individual leaflets 4–11 cm (2–4 in) long and 1.5–3 cm broad. The young leaves in spring are brightly coloured pink to red before turning green; old leaves turn red or purple again before falling. The flowers are white, borne in early summer in conical clusters held well above the foliage. The fruit is a bright red berry 5–10 mm diameter, ripening in late autumn and often persisting through the winter.
[edit] Toxicity

All parts of the plant are npoisonous, containing hydrocyanic acid, and could potentially be fatal if ingested. The plant is placed in Toxicity Category 4, the category "generally considered non-toxic to humans,"[4] however, the berries are considered toxic to cats and grazing animals.[5] The berries also contain alkaloids such as nantenine, which is used in scientific research as an antidote to MDMA.[6][7] Birds are generally not affected by these toxins and will disperse the seeds through their droppings. However, excessive consumption of the berries will kill birds such as Cedar Waxwings. [8]
[edit] Status as an invasive species

Nandina is considered invasive in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida.[9] It has been placed on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s invasive list as a Category I species, the highest listing. It has been observed in the wild throughout Florida in Gadsden, Leon, Jackson, Alachua, and Citrus counties, in conservation areas, woodlands, and floodplains.[10] In general, the purchase or continued cultivation of these plants in locations with similar climates to the Southeastern US is highly discouraged, unless they are a legally established non-fertile variety.
Although grown extensively in Texas because they are well-adapted to dry conditions, fruiting varieties of nandina (especially nandina domestica) are considered invasive in Texas as well[11][12]. This is primarily due to birds spreading seeds into natural areas where nandinas proliferate and crowd out native species.
[edit] Garden history and cultivation

N. domestica, grown in Chinese and Japanese gardens for centuries, was brought to Western gardens by William Kerr, who sent it to London in his first consignment from Canton, in 1804.[13] The English, unsure of its hardiness, kept it in greenhouses at first. The scientific name given to it by Carl Peter Thunberg is a Latinized version of a Japanese name for the plant, nan-ten.[14] Nandina is widely grown in gardens as an ornamental plant. Over 65 cultivars have been named in Japan, where the species is particularly popular and a national Nandina society exists. In Shanghai berried sprays of nandina are sold in the streets at New Year, for the decoration of house altars and temples.[14]
The species [15] and the cultivar 'Fire Power'[16] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Nandina does not berry profusely in Great Britain, but it can be grown in USDA hardiness zones 4–10. Nandina can take heat and cold, from 10–110 °F (-12–43 °C). A true low-care plant, it needs no pruning, unless it is to harvest some leaves for use in a flower arrangement or berries for a holiday centerpiece, or occasionally to remove an old cane. The berries can also be left on the plants for birds to harvest in late winter. Spent berry stalks can easily be snapped off by hand in spring. Due to the naturally occurring phytochemicals (see above) this plant is commonly used in rabbit, deer, and javelina resistant landscape plantings.
[edit] Gallery

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  Dwarf cultivar, Canberra home garden
• 
  Flowers of Nandina domestica

[edit] Notes

1. ^ (or nan-DEE-nuh) Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
2. ^ "nandina". Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2001.
3. ^ The unexpected pronunciation /iː/ approximates the Japanese nanten.
4. ^ "University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Toxic Plants". Retrieved 2 May 2011.
5. ^ "North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service Poisonous Plants of North Carolina". Retrieved 2 May 2011.
6. ^ Fantegrossi WE, Kiessel CL, Leach PT, Van Martin C, Karabenick RL, Chen X, Ohizumi Y, Ullrich T, Rice KC, Woods JH (May 2004). "Nantenine: an antagonist of the behavioral and physiological effects of MDMA in mice". Psychopharmacology 173 (3-4): 270–7. doi:10.1007/s00213-003-1741-2. PMID 14740148.
7. ^ Chaudhary S, Pecic S, Legendre O, Navarro HA, Harding WW (May 2009). "(+/-)-Nantenine analogs as antagonists at human 5-HT(2A) receptors: C1 and flexible congeners". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 19 (9): 2530–2. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.03.048. PMC 2677726. PMID 19328689.
8. ^ Moges Woldemeskel and Eloise L. Styer. "Feeding Behavior-Related Toxicity due to Nandina domestica in Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum)". Retrieved 9/26/2012.
9. ^ http://www.tneppc.org/invasive_plants/103
10. ^ "Nandina". Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
11. ^ http://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=NADO
12. ^ http://www.wildflower.org/expert/show.php?id=5184
13. ^ Alice M. Coats, Garden Shrubs and Their Histories (1964) 1992, s.v. "Nandina".
14. ^ a b Coats (1964) 1992.
15. ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3457
16. ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=1306

[edit] References

• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening 3: 284–285. Macmillan.
• Flora of North America: Nandina domestica (deals with the species as an introduced plant)
• Nandina domestica database
• Nandina domestica information
• Heavenly Bamboo information and resources

[edit] External links

 

[casportpony]

From: http://www.forthebirdsdvm.com/pages/what-about-plants

Plants: Which Ones Might Be Poisonous?

The following lists have been compiled to help you identify plants that are poisonous. It is important that you know the names of the plants in your home or yard. Your nearest landscape and gardening center can provide you with the names of your plants.
POISONOUS PLANTS
These plants contain a wide variety of poisons and symptoms may range from a mild stomach ache, skin rash, swelling of the mouth and throat to involvement of the heart, kidneys or other organs. Some plants may not cause toxicity unless ingested in large quantities:
Angel’s Trumpet * Arrowhead * Azaleas * Buttercups * Caladium * Calla Lilly * Castor Bean * Daffodil * Delphinium * Devil’s ivy * Dieffenbachia * Elderberry * Elephant Ear * Euphorbia * Four O’Clock * Holly Berries * Hyacinth * Hydrangea * Lilly-of-the Valley * Marijuana * Mistletoe * Morning Glory Seeds * Mother In-Law plant * Mushrooms (Wild) * Narcissus * Nephthytis * Night Blooming Jasmine * Nightshade * Oleander * Pencil Tree * Periwinkle * Philodendron * Poison Oak * Potato sprouts & leaves * Primrose * Privet
NON-POISONOUS PLANTS
The following plants are considered not to be poisonous. Symptoms from eating or touching these plants are unlikely, but any plant may cause an unexpected reaction in some individuals:
African Daisy * African Palm * African Violet * Airplane Plant * Aralia * Aluminum Plant * Asparagus Fern * Aspidistra (Cast Iron Plant) * Aster * Baby’s Tears * Bachelor Buttons * Bamboo * Begonia * Birds Nest Fern * Blood Leaf Plant * Boston Ferns * Bougainvillea * Cactus (Certain Varieties) * California Holly * California Poppy * Camellia * Christmas Cactus * Coleus * Corn Plant * Creeping Charlie * Creeping Jenny * Croton (House Variety) * Dahlia * Daisies * Dandelion * Dogwood * Donkey Tail * Dracaena * Easter Lilly * Echerveria * Eucalyptus * Eugenia * Ficus * Gardenia * Grape Ivy * Heavenly Bamboo * Hens & Chickens * Honeysuckle * Hoya * Ice Plant * Impatiens * Indian Hawthorne * Jade Plant * Kalanchoe * Lilly (Day, Easter or Tiger) * Lipstick Plant * Magnolia * Marigold * Monkey Plant * Nandina * Natal Plum * Norfolk Island Pine * Peperomia * Petunia * Prayer Plant * Purple Passion * Pyracantha * Raphiolopsis * Rose * Sansevieria * Scheffelera * Spider Plant * Star Jasmine * Swedish Ivy * Umbrella Plant * Violets * Wandering Jew * Weeping Fig * Weeping Willow * Wild Onion * Zebra Plant

 

[Frosty]

I don't know... it doesn't quite look like those pics either. To me, the leaf shape and growth pattern look a lot like apple.

 

[MinxFox]

For the people using bamboo do you find it to be invasive? How easy does it grow and where do you get it from?

Running bamboo can spread very far depending on the variety. Sometimes it can be kind of invasive but the best way to go with bamboo, and also what I have done, is use clumping bamboo. It will only grow outward in a clump and it will not pop up so randomly. I HIGHLY recommend clumping bamboo. My peafowl have gotten to the point where they have taste tested all the plants in the pen making bite marks on leaves but the one thing I never catch them eating is the bamboo. Even if they do eat some of the leaves, bamboo grows so fast and is so covered with leaves it shouldn't hurt. My bamboo grows straight through the netting with no problems. It has not broken the netting and I am sure it grows well through wire tops too. My peafowl love love love the shade it provides and when the leaves die they turn into a pretty cream color and the peafowl like to scratch in the leaves. I agree that if you can add at least one bush or small tree to your pen it will be really nice for your peas and your pen will look better too. Here are my photos of the bamboo...

You can see in the center of this photo that clump of bamboo growing. If I feel like the clump is getting too thick I can cut some of the canes or when they first sprout up you can easily kick over the sprouts killing them. For you fisher-people you can use the canes for a cane pole.


Alto on a stump next to the bamboo. Notice how the leaves are not torn at all so the birds are obviously not pecking at them.


Here is a picture showing it growing through the netting. Bamboo is not that tropical so it can withstand snow given that you get the right variety. Also remember that there are several varieties of clumping bamboo so you can choose what kind you like best. Some bamboo gets very big around and very tall, some bamboo is thinner and does not grow very tall.


This is an up high view of the bamboo. It creates a lot of shade and this is a bit of an older picture because I am pretty sure there are more canes now.


This is a photo of when I first planted it, which was only a few years ago (it grows so fast and is easy to care for. When the leaves curl you need to water it but I just water it maybe once a week in the summer.) That is the bamboo to the right. It was so puney when I first got it. That is mainly because to buy larger canes cost a lot but now that I have been growing bamboo paying more for a larger clump or larger canes is probably worth it.


I got my bamboo from Boo For You: http://www.booforyou.com/ They are a local bamboo garden I go to. The bamboo you find at most plant places seems like the same bamboo to me. I don't like the variety I mainly see at other nurseries because the leaves are small. The kind I am growing has nice sized leaves. The owner of Boo For You helped me get my first peafowl. He used to have lots of peafowl but now only has one peacock that wanders through his bamboo forest. He also has lots of guineas and chickens. Visiting this bamboo garden is like visiting a jungle.

Here is a site I would highly recommend for finding what kind of clumping or running bamboo is right for you, and also you might want to buy from them.
http://www.bamboogarden.com/

I hope this helps! Oh and Casportpony...That plant looks somewhat familiar to me...I don't know the name of it but I feel like I have seen similar plants like that at nurseries and at The Home Depo.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Clumping bamboo is what I will be going with. I have access to free clumping bamboo. I am excited to get it.

 

[casportpony]

Hmmm... If it's not toxic, it would be great for the pens, guess I need to figure out exacty what it is.

 

[Haunted55]

PeaChecker, I am not sure where you are located?

I am trying to figure out a good way to cover a pen that size. I hesitate to use netting because it can be a problem with snow. Do you have any experience or ideas for this?

I wish I could let them loose, but apparently my neighbors feel the same way about confining their dogs. I lost a few birds last summer, but can't prove their dogs had anything to do with it. So until I figure a way to fence my entire property to keep peas in and dogs out (is that even possible?), they will have to stay penned up.

Electric fence? I have to use it for the wildlife here.

 

[BYC-user-174785]

I bought my bamboo from craigslist. When I went to the guy's house I was expecting to see like a bamboo forest, but he said even after a few years the running bamboo has only spread to an area that is barely 20x20 feet. It is cold up north so even the cold hardy bamboo does not grow like crazy. I will let you know how the running bamboo grows this year, but I think the birds will keep it under control since they are always interested in eating the new shoots.

 

[Haunted55]

I don't know... it doesn't quite look like those pics either. To me, the leaf shape and growth pattern look a lot like apple.

To me it looks like something from the rhododenron family.