Mahonia media 'Winter Sun'

Bizarre normal shrub, 1-1.5 m tall, upright growth, few branches, slow-growing.

Loosely ramified, 20-30 cm long and primrose-yellow racemes, January to April, scented, flowers sensitive to late frost.

Blue-pruinose berries.

Evergreen, narrow ovate, leathery, pinnate, up to 30 cm long, thorny, grey-green.

Cordate, tolerating pressure on the roots.

Light shade to shade, needs protection from winter sun, more sensitive to frost than M. balei, winter protection recommended.

Fresh to damp, nutritious, each garden soil.

Zone 7b.