mahonia aquifolium compacta - GARDENING
Mahonia is a genus of around 70 evergreen shrubs that are hardy and adaptable. They often have dense foliage and fragrant yellow winter blooms. Mahonia is a formerly accepted genus of approximately 70 species of shrubs or, rarely, small trees with evergreen leaves in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North America, and Central America.
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[1] Mahonia is an early, showy harbinger of spring with fragrant, bright yellow flowers. The evergreen shrub is a useful privacy barrier. Mahonia is a genus of about 100 species of shrubs or small trees native to Asia, North America, and Central America. They have compound leaves, yellow (often fragrant) flowers, and blue-purple to black berries.
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Learn all about mahonia and which are the best ones to grow, with expert advice from the RHS Handsome, award-winning Mahonia japonica (Japanese Mahonia) is an erect medium-sized evergreen shrub with a striking foliage of large, leathery, dark green leaves, each composed of 7-15 spiky leaflets. Versatile, evergreen and often viciously spiny, mahonia is the tough guy of the garden, its strong architectural presence offset by brilliant racemes or clusters of fragrant flowers. Yellow flowers burst forth from the deep evergreen leaves for a beautiful and delicately fragrant winter garden. Caring for this plant from planting to pruning will ensure that you’ll have nice growth and beautiful blooming. Plant your mahonia in fall or spring but avoid frost spells and high temperatures.