Fruit of Mahonia oiwakensis

Mahonia fruits look delicious and are edible. They're bitter though, and taste best sweetened in a pie - yum! Or jelly.

Mmmmm! Mouth-watering!

They look too beautiful to pick to just eat though, I'd rather keep them! Do birds like them? Wonderful banner of things I never get to see, Keith!

No, Nancy, I've never picked one of them. I think the birds do eat them but they really love getting the nectar from the yellow flowers in May, our autumn - especially New Zealand's native birds like the tui (the black one) and the korimako. Straight out my bathroom window!

Excellent banner Keith!

for sharing pretty pictures!

Makes day end happy.

Mother Nature makes me feel better!

Nice!

I have Mahonia in my garden and they have blue berries, but not in a big cluster like that and I had no idea they were edible.

for sharing the extra photos.