24+ Mahonia Aquifolium Landscape
Spring flowers clusters of summer berries fall color and reliably green winter foliage.
Mahonia aquifolium landscape. Performs best in moist well drained acid soil. 5 landscaping ideas for a shrub with a golden glow it s a difficult shrub to notice since mahonia is so often planted in neglected corners. Partial or full shade. Petite mahonia confusa grows to a well behaved height of 5 feet at maturity of the dozens of species in the mahonia family m. Even when it bursts into fluorescent yellow flower often exuding a sophisticated scent there is something of the old ancestor about it. Mahonia aquifolium mahonia repens and mahonia nervosa. A nicer compact prolific flowering habit than goldstrum.
Aquifolium is a statuesque presence in a garden and one of the few shade plants to provide full four season interest. Mahonia plants thrive in the shade and are drought tolerant once established. The fruit is almost as large as a blackcurrant and is produced in large bunches so it is easy to harvest. Gaultheria shallon aquilegia formosa and polystichum munitum ready for sales. Author of the american gardener s calendar 1806 and subsequent years. In spring racemes of cheerful bright golden yellow flowers appear just above the leaves. However in commercial horticulture these plants are still known as mahonia.
Of the many species of mahonia three are abundant in oregon and throughout the pacific northwest. 3 5 ready to plant into the landscape or containers 126 on hand. Mahonia aquifolium is a great plant for shade and works well in woodland gardens. Both their yellow flowers in winter and blue purple berries in the spring will add some unusual interest to shady areas in your landscape. All three are evergreen and have the characteristic holly like leaf shape some more pointed and prickly than others. Mahonia aquifolium sku 6070 an excellent easy care evergreen shrub for mass planting as a screen or as a single colorful accent. Beautiful mahonia aquifolium 10 gallons going on a truck 18 each.
Broadleaf evergreen shrub slower and lower growing than the species type to 2 3 ft 0 6 0 9 m high and spreading to about 5 ft 1 5 m wide. Adding color and splendor to the shade garden mahonia aquifolium oregon grape holly is a striking evergreen shrub with multi season interest. The genus mahonia has now been included in the genus berberis hence the accepted name for oregon grape is berberis aquifolium. Spike like clusters of yellow flowers followed by blue fruit as per the species. The classical name for holly.