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    Mahonia gracilipes

    Also Known As

    • Berberis gracilipes

    Plant type

    shrub

    size

    • H: 5'-6'
    • W: 4'-5'

    planting zones

    • 7a-10b

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    Mahonia gracilipes plant details

    Mahonia gracilipes is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with blue and green foliage. In fall and summer pink, salmon and yellow flowers emerge followed by blue fruit. Attracts bees and birds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, clay, rich and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Mahonia gracilipes

    Plant type: shrub
    Plant family: berberidaceae
    Foliage: evergreen blue and green
    Mature size: 4 FT - 5 FT - wide, 5 FT - 6 FT - tall
    Flowers: pink, salmon and yellow blooms in fall and summer
    Uses: container plant, easy-to-grow, woodland garden, year round interest

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Mahonia gracilipes

    USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
    Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
    Watering frequency: even moisture - low
    Resistant to: deer
    Soil needs: average, clay, rich and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    Lovely and unique, the long graceful leaves of this 5-6' relaxed, layered shrub open a deep burgundy color before deepening into dark-green with white undersides and its delightful late-summer into fall sprays of red-pink-yellow flowers are followed by dark purple-blue fruit borne on incredible bright red stems; from wet limestone cliffs in China. PSh-Sh/M-D

    By: Forestfarm

    This Chinese analogue of our ‘Oregon Grape’ deserves to live in your woodland garden! Slowish growth rate to 4-5’ high & wide; handsome evergreen foliage has dark green uppers with flashy silver unders. Showy frothy sprays of rose red flowers accented with yellow interiors August – September top the stems and are followed by blue fruits. Any soil with decent drainage, regular moisture to dryish, sun to nearly full shade. USDA Z7

    By: Secret Garden Growers

    Has broad foliage similar to M. bealii but it has beautiful bluish color under the leaves. We thought it was very tender but M. gracilipes has been down to 5° F. a couple of times. The flowers are copper colored in September-October. Grow this plant for its pretty foliage, not its interesting flowers

    By: Gossler Farms

    A 1980 British introduction by noted plantsman Roy Lancaster, this rare, widely praised Chinese native features dapper dark green leaves, flashing bright white undersides and dainty reddish pink cupped flowers with creamy yellow centers. Poised in airy splendor on lax slender racemes, the eye-catching blooms precede a plentiful display of large, bloomy blue-black fruit. Mahonia gracilipes is a stellar and sturdy, slow growing evergreen, which favors partial shade in moist welldrained, humus-rich soil.

    By: Digging Dog Nursery

    Little known but widely acclaimed, this Asian mahonia has brilliant white undersides on its dark green foliage and flowers both August and September with bright pink/yellow flowers. Evergreen, plants will reach 4-5 ft. tall and wide over time. They are slow growing and appreciate some shade.

    By: Heritage Seedlings

    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' high x 5' wide eventually. Frost hardy to 0 °F in USDA zone 7.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    Blooms: summer-fall, red & yellow/ large glossy evergreen foliage, chalky white on back of leaf. Zone 7-8. 4'+, China, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

    By: Keeping it Green Nursery

    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.

    By: Far Reaches Farm

    Pinnate leaves with large leaflets grow on 6' stems. Sprays of unique red and yellow flowers produce blue fruit. Regular summer water.

    By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

    Gardening facts about Mahonia gracilipes plant

    How to Grow Mahonia gracilipes

    • Sun Exposure

      • sun - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture - drought tolerant

    • Soil Needs

      • clay
      • average
      • well-drained
      • rich

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green
      • blue

    • Flower Color

      • pink
      • salmon
      • yellow

    • Wildlife

      • birds
      • bees
      • deer resistant

    • Fruit

      • blue

    • Flower Season

      • fall
      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen

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