Mahonia x media 'Charity' Purple edible fruits complete the look

edible fruits complete the look

The leaves colour spectacular shades of red and purple in autumn

or underplanted with a floaty pale bed of summer perennials

A superb shrub with an attractive tiered or layered arrangement of branching

which produces tulip-shaped green

Mahonia x media 'Charity' Purple edible fruits complete the lookA very handsome hybrid mahonia with an upright habit and glossy, dark green, holly like, pinnate leaves. The slightly fragrant, deep yellow flowers are borne in long spreading and ascending racemes, in large terminal clusters during autumn and early winter. Although it prefers shade, it will tolerate sun as long as the soil remains moist. Hardy.