species
Mahonia × media
Hybrid mahonia
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Mahonia × media belongs to the family Berberidaceae, also known as Hybrid mahonia, introduced to the UK. It reaches 3 m tall and 2.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from November to February and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 3 m tall × 2.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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