Mahonia gracilipes
Also known as:
Berberis gracilipes
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Photo of Mahonia gracilipes courtesy of: Dancing Oaks Nursery
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Growing Conditions
Soil Needs:
average, well-drained, rich
Water Needs:
even moisture, regular, drought tolerant
Sun Exposure:
sun, part sun, light/bright shade, part shade
Features
Flowers:
red, yellow
Foliage:
evergreen
Fruit:
yellow, blue
Wildlife:
birds, deer resistant
Flowering Time:
summer, fall
Descriptions of Mahonia gracilipes
Pinnate leaves with large leaflets grow on 6' stems. Sprays of unique red and yellow flowers produce blue fruit. Regular summer water.
Lovely, unique, the long graceful leaves of this 5-6' relaxed shrub are white beneath. Its delightful sprays of red-purple (not yellow) flowers bloom in fall followed by blue fruit; from wet limestone cliffs in China. PSh/M
Peek at the leaf undersides in brilliant white and fall in love. This rare Chinese evergreen mahonia, introduced into western horticulture in 1980 by Roy Lancaster, has graceful, blue-green, compound leaves, indeed bright white on the undersides, and, in summer, sprays of pretty, delicate flowers with purple-red petals and ivory interiors. Sturdy and choice. Native to shady limestone cliffs, though it's quite happy in garden conditions in full sun with moist soil to nearly full shade. Can reach about 6 ft high x 5 ft wide eventually. Frost hardy in USDA zone 7.
An excellent shrub that has proven to be very amenable to dry shade. We've been surprised where this shrub has thrived in the driest most brutal shade. To 3' tall forming multiple trunks this evergreen has deep green leaves on the top with an underside of pale powdery blue. In summer spikes of rose pink flowers appear from the tips. Best in shade in regular soil that drains well with regular irrigation in summer.
Peek at the leaf undersides in brilliant white and fall in love. This rare Chinese evergreen Mahonia, introduced into Western horticulture in 1980 by Roy Lancaster, has pretty flowers with purple-red petals and ivory interiors. Sturdy and choice. Native to shady limestone cliffs, though it's quite happy in garden conditions in full sun with moist soil to nearly full shade. Can reach about 6 feet high and 5 feet wide eventually. Frost hardy in USDA zone 7.
One of the great Mahonia species or Berberis as they are now known. We saw this growing on Wawushan in Sichuan where it exhibited it's characteristic waxy white underleaf. Loose sprays of pinky-orange flowers in the fall followed by nice fruit. Easy and a connoisseurs foliage plant.
