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Mahonia japonica

Mahonia - Japanese

Japanese Mahonia is often confused with Mahonia bealei, but the foliage is a darker, glossier green, and the texture is finer, with more leaves per stem. According to Michael Dirr, each flower is larger and brighter yellow than M. bealei.  It is evergreen, and produces fragrant yellow flower panicles in February and March. Bees and insects benefit from the blooms on warm winter days, and birds love the glaucous blue fruit in early summer.  The new taxonomist designation for Mahonia japonica is Berberis japonica.

Height 6 Feet

Spread 3 Feet

Bloom Color Yellow

USDA Hardiness Zone 6

Companion Plants to Mahonia japonica

Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
Japanese Andromeda

Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'
Plum Yew

Similar Plants to Mahonia japonica

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide'
Holly Tea Olive

Daphniphyllum macropodum
False Daphne

Mahonia bealei
Leatherleaf Mahonia