Mahonia Soft Caress
Few plants offer the texture that soft caress provides the shade garden.
Mahonia soft caress. Other common names oregon grape soft caress. See more ideas about soft caress mahonia shade garden pollinator plants. Fragrant spikes of golden blooms give way to spherical blue berries that will attract. Soft caress mahonia care.
In early winter bright yellow flowers stand atop the slender bamboo like foliage like fingers of light. Soft caress mahonia eurybracteata soft caress is a small soft evergreen shrub is perfect for containers informal hedges or mass plantings in the shade garden. Name mahonia eurybracteata soft caress family barberry family type sub shrub evergreen. Mahonia soft caress key facts.
Compact enough to use in containers yet large enough for foundation plantings or borders these tough plants provide fabulous texture to the shade garden. Mahonia eurybracteata soft caress pp20183. Water regularly to establish. Height up to 3 feet tall 5 wide 1m x 1 5m.
Soft caress is evergreen compact about 3 feet tall and wide and easy to grow. It needs little pruning and is hardy to about 0 degrees. If the potting compost becomes somewhat dry between waterings it can easily tolerate this because its leathery leaves will keep it from drying out quickly. It likes part sun or shade.
I am not keen on mahonia but this is a lovely specimen. In a pot mahonia soft caress is a perfect plant for the patio where its fern like leaves will add an elegant touch. Mahonia soft caress is the first of its kind to have entirely spine free foliage making it much more agreeable in the garden. Genus mahonia are evergreen shrubs with leathery pinnate leaves which are often spine toothed and clustered racemes of sometimes fragrant yellow flowers sometimes followed by black or purple berries.
In early winter bright yellow flowers stand atop the slender bamboo like foliage like fingers of light. Perfect for an asian garden or as a specimen. With surprising bamboo like leafage the mahonia soft caress is a unique standalone that will single handedly transport you to the far east. Aug 13 2020 few plants offer the texture that soft caress provides the shade garden.
Synonyms mahonia eurybracteata soft caress. It was because soft caress mahonia combines many attributes sought after by intelligent and tasteful gardeners today. Winner of plant of the year at rhs chelsea flower show 2013 this superb evergreen shrub has a useful autumn flowering period. Soft caress mahonia mahonia soft caress pp20183 home the collection soft caress soft caress has everything we love about mahonia without the pesky thorns.
Bright yellow flowers atop slender foliage appear in early winter followed by blue berries in winter.