Matsuo-thank you for your reply. Actually, I was trying to use nandinas for two purposes. The first was to enclose the Japanese garden area and separate/seclude it from other areas. The second purpose is to use it as you indicate, to screen the details of the japanese garden area and to invite entrance and discovery as you approach it from the bottom of the second picture (pathway begins at lower right of second picture). The nandinas follow the contour of the low rock wall which is not a straight line but they still appear to be pretty much in a line. Should I move the center Nandia farther from the wall for a w shape or perhaps to the other side of the wall and form an elongated curve?

Every spring, I take out the 3 or 4 tallest canes in an attempt to maintain the nandina's size. I cut them off at the ground. It puts up 4 to 10 new canes every year. Jim

once you kill it with a stump killer.. i have no idea why you would need to dig it out ... just leave the dead wood there ... if you want to plant something else.. just move away from the gob of deadwood ...where you can dig in soil ... and btw ... round up as a stump killer is undiluted ... none of that pre mix stuff ... ken

Lemon Lime works best as a colorful foreground to taller evergreen plants like hollies, ligustrums and cleyera. You also can create a spectacular look using them in combination with ornamental grass. Lemon Lime and all of the Southern Living Plant Collection nandinas work well in mixed containers, too.