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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
Characteristics & Attributes
Attributes
Cut Branches
Deer Resistant
Evergreen
Fragrant - Flower
Fruit - Ornamental
Full Shade
Winter Containers
Winter Interest
Flower
Soil Conditions
Average
Bloom Time
Winter
Exposure
Full Shade
Partial Shade/Shade Tolerant
Special Recognition
PHS Gold Medal Plant
Attracts Wildlife
Attracts Pollinators
Food Source for Wildlife
Tolerance
Dry Shade Tolerant
Foliage Color
Green
Companion Plants to Mahonia japonica
Japanese Andromeda Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
Japanese Andromeda
Plum Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'
Plum Yew
Similar Plants to Mahonia japonica
Holly Tea Olive Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide'
Holly Tea Olive
False Daphne Daphniphyllum macropodum
False Daphne
Leatherleaf Mahonia Mahonia bealei
Leatherleaf Mahonia