Monday, July 1, 2013

HAVEYOU TRIED MAHONIA?

Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium) just happens to be the State flower of Oregon...and for good reason as it is deer & wabbit proof plus it can take the heat, cold and wet or dry. This beauty is growing in my front flowerbed. I think I have under estimated its landscape value in past...yellow flowers in the spring, blue berries in summer, red foliage in the fall and evergreen in the winter! This one is "compacta" so it won't go crazy and crowd out other plants in the bed. The berries are NOT poisonous, so I wonder if anyone has made wine out of them...  

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