In some of the older woodland gardens around the Florida panhandle, you will likely find a five to seven-foot plant called leatherleaf mahonia (Mahonia bealei). The holly-like foliage is spiky and ...

The Oregon grape, Mahonia aquifolium, is a native of North America and named forms are among the choicest evergreens. The leaves of `Apollo' and `Atropurpurea' look as though they have been ...

Mahonia is a large genus of woody evergreen shrubs named by British botanist Thomas Nuttall to honor Bernard McMahon, a colonial nurseryman from Philadelphia who served as one of the stewards of ...

One such plant that I have added to my ever-expending must-have list is Mahonia eurybracteata ‘Soft Caress’. Trust me on this ...

Q: In the last few years, mahonia has taken over our woods. What is the best way to get rid of it, and is there any way of keeping it from spreading so quickly? Karen Knieter, Roswell A ...

As an apprentice, I had much the same feelings about the many varieties of Mahonia as I experience when, trapped on the Tube, I glance at a neighbour's celebrity magazine: I don't know any of these ...

Spikes of blue berries follow the flowers. Some gardeners don't like mahonia because of its propensity to be spread by birds, but if it makes you happy, I say enjoy it! The mahonia we see most ...

Mahonia is closely related to berberis, but with larger, bolder leaves. These leaves are glossy, evergreen and pinnate - that is, divided into pairs of spiky leaflets. They often take on red or ...