Plant: Chinese Mahonia

Mahonia · Berberis fortunei

$35.00

Size: 3 gal

Light

Full Shade

Bloom

FallWinter

Mature size

6 ft tall6 ft wide

More about this plant

An upright, multi stemmed evergreen shrub of about four to six feet tall and three to six feet wide with narrow, odd pinnately compound leaves whose leaflets carry spiny holly like edges. Fragrant yellow flowers open on erect two to three inch racemes from fall into winter and draw bees, and blue purple berries follow in summer, although the plant does not often set fruit in cultivation. It grows in partial to deep shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage across a wide pH range, needs little water once established, and is deer resistant. Use it as a shaded border, a low hedge or a barrier planting.

  • Full Shade
  • Grows to 6 ft tall and 6 ft wide
  • Blooms in fall, winter
  • Hardy in USDA zones 7b-10b
  • Evergreen foliage

Plant description

An upright, multi stemmed evergreen shrub of about four to six feet tall and three to six feet wide with narrow, odd pinnately compound leaves whose leaflets carry spiny holly like edges. Fragrant yellow flowers open on erect two to three inch racemes from fall into winter and draw bees, and blue purple berries follow in summer, although the plant does not often set fruit in cultivation. It grows in partial to deep shade in clay, loam or sand with good drainage across a wide pH range, needs little water once established, and is deer resistant. Use it as a shaded border, a low hedge or a barrier planting.

Flowers
Yellow flowers carried on narrow, erect racemes two to three inches long from fall into winter.
Foliage
Odd pinnately compound evergreen leaves about six to eight inches long, usually with seven narrow leaflets edged with five to ten or more spiny holly like protrusions.
Light
Dappled/Filtered Light, Deep Shade
Native range
Southern China and Taiwan

Plant details


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