26+ Mahonie Mahonia Aquifolium

Adding color and splendor to the shade garden mahonia aquifolium oregon grape holly is a striking evergreen shrub with multi season interest.

Mahonie mahonia aquifolium. They are closely related to the genus berberis and botanists disagree on whether to recognize a separate mahonia. These winter blooms provide an invaluable source of pollen and nectar for winter active beesand other pollinatorswhen there s little else in flower. Plants bear upright clusters of fragrant flowers in late fall and winter. Hybrids between mahonia lomariifolia and mahonia japonica. Arthur menzies grows to 15 feet high and half as wide. They originally grew in certain regions of north america in the northwest hence the common name for these species oregon grape holly. Of the many species of mahonia three are abundant in oregon and throughout the pacific northwest.

In spring racemes of cheerful bright golden yellow flowers appear just above the leaves. Mahonia aquifolium mahonia repens and mahonia nervosa. These even survive the harsh winter colds of siberia. Mahonia is a genus of approximately 70 species of evergreen shrubs and rarely small trees in the family berberidaceae native to eastern asia the himalaya north and central america. Mahonia is also known as the oregon grape which points to its north american origins. The small blueish fruits or grapes follow a display of fragrant golden yellow flowers. Generally resemble mahonia oiwakensislomariifolia and require the same conditions.

Mahonia aquifolium is a native plant in the north american west from southeast alaska to northern california and eastern alberta to central new mexico often occurring in the understory of douglas fir forests although other forest types contain the species and in brushlands in the cascades rockies and northern sierras. Aquifolium is a statuesque presence in a garden and one of the few shade plants to provide full four season interest. The two hardiest mahonia species are mahonia aquifolium and mahonia repens. Genus mahonia are evergreen shrubs with leathery pinnate leaves which are often spine toothed and clustered racemes of sometimes fragrant yellow flowers sometimes followed by black or purple berries details apollo is a vigorous low spreading small evergreen shrub with glossy deep green pinnate leaves becoming purplish in winter.