Nandina Richmond -EVIL!

"Chinese Bamboo"

Slender upright growth and delicate foliage create a lace effect. (Read: hideous spikey growth with evil yellow bark).

New growth is pink, turning to bronzy red then deep crimson in winter. (Read: insidious long, long roots invade the entire garden, even going under the foundations of your house, sending up more and more shoots ).

Shiny red berries in autumn and winter add great colour to winter gardens. (Read: Plant three of these evil beings in the front garden so that the people who come after you have something to do for a whole afternoon that involves a fork, a spade, an axe, lots of swearing and about 2 hours of backbreaking activity.

Looks fantastic in the trailer on the way to the dump!! Never ever plant it!! You have been warned.