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Mahonia bealei

Mahonia bealei

Mahonia - Leatherleaf

Leatherleaf Mahonia has lemon-yellow fragrant flowers in February and March, blue bird-attracting fruit in summer and is evergreen. Grow more than one shrub together for best fruit production.  The upright angular habit adds to its architectural interest all year.  Often used asa barrier plants due to it's spiny leaves.  Mahonias native to western China and in the same family (Berberaceae) as Barberries and Nandinas and share their characteristic deer resistance.  In fact, taxonomists now refer to Mahonia bealei as Berberis bealei (Beale's Barberry).  If looking for a native alternative, consider Daphniphyllum macropodum or Myrica pensylvanica.

Height 8 Feet

Spread 3 Feet

Bloom Color Yellow

USDA Hardiness Zone 5

Companion Plants to Mahonia bealei

Pieris japonica 'Dorothy Wycoff'
Japanese Andromeda

Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata'
Prostrate Plum Yew

Similar Plants to Mahonia bealei

Mahonia japonica
Japanese Mahonia

Myrica pensylvanica
Northern Bayberry

Daphniphyllum macropodum
False Daphne