Mahonia Bealei Leaf
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It is in leaf all year in flower from january to march and the seeds ripen from april to may.
Mahonia bealei leaf. Mahonia bealei also called leatherleaf mahonia or beale s barberry is originally from china but has been available to western gardeners for generations. Short upright racemes of wonderfully fragrant lemon yellow flowers open for 4 6 weeks in winter. It is native to western china. Leatherleaf mahonia is almost a signature plant of the south.
In large numbers scale insects mealybugs thrips and whiteflies discolor curl or distort mahonia foliage. Mahonia leaves spiny edges offer no protection against a group of leaf feeding insects. They are small shrubs with sprays of dusty green leaves in curiously horizontal layers. Leaves are up to 50 cm long with 4 10 pairs of leaflets plus a much larger terminal leaflet.
It is very similar to m. Japonica native to taiwan. The spiny leaves make a fine barrier plant or specimen. It s a medium sized bush that reminds you of holly but with compound leaves borne on upright stems.
The pale yellow flowers form in long racemes of about eight inches and the leaves are blue green turning dusky maroon during winter. Mahonia bealei is a shrub or small tree up to 8 metres 26 ft tall. The pinnately compound leaves are composed of nine to thirteen leaflets that are adorned with very sharp teeth at the margins. Mahonia bealei is an evergreen shrub growing to 2 m 6ft by 2 m 6ft at a slow rate.
Mahonia bealei leatherleaf mahonia useful for shady areas of the garden mahonia bealei leatherleaf mahonia is an upright evergreen shrub with a striking foliage of large leathery blue green leaves each composed of 9 13 broad spiny leaflets. Mahonia bealei commonly known as beale s barberry or leatherleaf mahonia is an evergreen shrub with pinnate compound leaves which typically grows in a multi stemmed clump to 4 10 tall but occasionally taller. Flowers are borne in an erect raceme up to 30 cm long. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects.
It is hardy to zone uk 6 and is not frost tender. A coarse textured flowering shrub it does best in a somewhat shaded location. Mahonia nervosa cascade long leaved or dull oregon grape this oregon grape is lower growing evergreen shrub topping out at about two feet. The leaves look like holly plant leaves and are a bit spiny like those of their relations barberry shrubs.
Leatherleaf mahonia mahonia bealei won t resemble any other plants in your garden.