Keep your front yard tidy and welcoming with these low-maintenance, compact, deer-resistant landscaping plants.

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for birds and pets. Scott Zona Courtesy of the NC Botanical Garden. Winter is often full of muted, dull colors and frigid ...

There’s a plant that’s not native to North Carolina, but it’s responsible for the deaths of hundreds of birds in the state each year. Nandina domestica, commonly referred to as Heavenly ...

I believe that any outdoor hanging plant, if grown in the right climate and soil type, will become effortless to maintain. For full sun locations, you won’t fall short of plant choices. The ten ...

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for one of the Triangle’s year-round bird species that eat the berries in large quantities in the wintertime. Scott Zona ...

The city's Urban Forestry program staff has added an additional invasive species plant to the programs list each year. Heavenly bamboo, or nandina, was the 2025 addition. "While nandina is a ...

Nandina domestica’s red berries contain cyanide, which is often deadly for birds and pets. Scott Zona Courtesy of the NC Botanical Garden. Winter is often full of muted, dull colors and frigid ...