2024 Southeastern Plant Symposium Auction
669 - Mahonia gracilis
Plant Shrub
Closed
Current Bid: $110
(Pot Sz: 4" pot)
Common name: Graceful Mexican Mahonia
¤ evergreen shrub to 84"
¤ plant in sun to light shade
¤ hardy to zone 7b
¤ yelliw flowers in late winter
¤ attracts pollinators, deer resistant, fragrant
This is quite a rarity for us to be able to share Mahonia gracilis, from a Yucca Do collection in Northern Mexico. Our oldest specimen has been in the ground for 20+ years, and has formed an architecturally fascinating (a code word for not neat and tidy) specimen. The branches are clothed with glossy green, non-spiny foliage, and further laden, staring for us around early February, with short spikes of bright yellow flowers, worthy of votes for the most overwhelmingly sweet perfume in existence. We've never noticed any winter damage, despite 7 degrees F. Full to part sun is fine. A mature specimen will reach 7' tall x 7' wide. It is very difficult to propagate, both by cuttings and seed, so this is a rare opportunity to obtain one.