This deciduous perennial spreads by rhizomes and has 2-ternate leaves. In late spring, wiry leafless stems bear loose panicles of white flowers with reflexed petals. Spread is 16 inches. Makes a nice groundcover for a woodland or rock garden.
This erect evergreen shrub has blue-green leaves divided into leaflets and bears pale yellow flowers in upright racemes from late fall to early spring, followed by blue-purple berries. Height is 6 feet.
Upright evergreen shrub has pinnate, pale green leaves, flushed pink or red. Bears yellow flowers in dense racemes in spring, followed by blue-black berries. Height and spread 3 feet.
Glossy green leaves are flushed red in the winter then topped by bright yellow flowers in the spring. The purple-blue fruit are edible and excellent for making jam and preserves.
This is an evergreen shrub with short vertical stems, mostly under 30 cm (12 in), while the leaves reach higher, rarely up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are compound, with 9-19 leaflets; each leaflet is strongly toothed, reminiscent of holly, and somewhat shiny, but less so than Tall...
Pictures can hardly do this plant justice. The large compound leaves are dark green with lighter green veins, but it is their undersides that are so striking - almost pure white. The flowers are unusual for a Mahonia in that they are burgundy and white, rather than the more usual yellow. The widely...