Mahonia gracilis Polystichum a much improved Baptisia australis

a much improved Baptisia australis look-alike

with numerous 4'+ tall flowering spikes

dark green leaves hover like giant domes

whereas in more southerly climates it makes a large open shrub to 15'

carefree prize

Mahonia gracilis Polystichum a much improved Baptisia australisThis 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