Plant: Chinese Mahonia
Mahonia · Berberis fortunei
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
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
