pasquale wrote:Looks like nandina domestica, commonly known as sacred bamboo but is not a true bamboo. It is used in bonsai. I transplanted a less healthy clump at the beginning of summer - it isn't dead but hasn't thrived. Yours should be ok.
There is a small leaf variety that only grows to about 60-70 cm if that. In qld anyway, this is the preferred plant for all the greenery along centre grow strips on main roads and around public buildings and parks as it seems to survive really harsh conditions. Many nurseries sell these as Nanduna domestica but they are the smaller variety.
I've actually looked around a lot for the true Sacred Bamboo variety that will grow to over 2 m tall (what i think you have) but have had little success. The comapct variety don't have the tell tale red berries and are more robust and leafy, rather than the finer arching branches.
Have fun. I saw one in a european Bonsai book that was said to be hundrends of years old - amazing movement in the roots, like dragons talons.
Stew
taking the top half of trees of since 2005! 
