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Blush Pink Nandina
Nandina domestica 'AKA'
Also called blush pink and blush
Blush Pink Nandina is grown for its foliage rather than flowers, giving the garden structure and color all season long.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Blush Pink Nandina
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 6–9. Expect it to reach about 24 in tall and 24 in wide at maturity, in roughly 5 years (a house reading).
Is Blush Pink Nandina toxic to dogs or cats?
- Listed as toxic to dogs by NC State Extension, Pet Poison Helpline and Royal Horticultural Society.
- Listed as toxic to cats by NC State Extension and Pet Poison Helpline.
- Listed as poisonous to people by NC State Extension and Royal Horticultural Society.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Blush Pink Nandina
Plant Blush Pink Nandina in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 7, the middle of its hardy zones 6 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Blush Pink Nandina get?
24 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Blush Pink Nandina in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Blush Pink Nandina
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Blush Pink Nandina about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Blush Pink Nandina to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Blush Pink Nandina's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 11 published sources on October 12, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources. Bloom was checked as well: Blush Pink Nandina bears no flowers, so there is no bloom window for a source to carry.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, trait tags, soil, diseases and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and soil
- southernlivingplants.comSouthern Living Plant Collectionheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and trait tags
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP19,916, Google Patents textheight, spread, trait tags, diseases and pests
- NC State Extensionspecies levelwater, trait tags, pests and toxicity
- journals.ashs.orgUniversity of Florida, Wilson et al., HortScience 49(6), 2014height, spread and trait tags
- mgnliners.comMagnolia Gardens Nursery, MGN Linersheight, spread and soil
- southernlivingplants.comSouthern Living Plant Collection, Blush Pink fact sheet (created 2014-...height, spread and soil
- ipaustralia.gov.auIP Australia, Plant Varieties Journal 25(2), AKA application 2009/238,...height and spread
- ozbreed.com.auOzbreed, Adajar, Tulipan and Layt, Evaluation of Survivability of Diff...soil
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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