General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 15 feet
Plant Spread: 10 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Winter
Inflorescence Height: 14 inches
Uses: Provides winter interest
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: seeds require a cooling period prior to germination and are best planted in the Fall
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Vulnerable
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Common names
  • Chinese Hollygrape
  • Barberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Mahonia oiwakensis
  • Synonym: Mahonia lomariifolia
  • Synonym: Berberis oiwakensis

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2019-10-21
Location: j c raulston arboretum, raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2023-11-26
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2021-10-10
Original of the site banner of January 7, 2024
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-11-14
Location: Howick Hall gardens, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2019-05-11
Mahonia oiwakensis
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-05-01
Location: San Francisco 
Date: 2022-01-05
Flowering in January
Location: San Francisco 
Date: 2022-01-05
An old plant that is over 15 feet tall
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-11-04
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Botanical Garden University Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-10-23
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-11-04

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