Compact form with architectural, deep-red foliage in spring and summer, later turning dark green. An important nectar plant in autumn, with large yellow flower spikes ? it lights up the landscape like a meteor.
Mahonia eurybracteata METEOR in the garden
- wildlife: for bees for butterflies
- use: cutflower
botanical information about Mahonia eurybracteata METEOR
- Botanical name: Mahonia eurybracteata METEOR
- Genus: Mahonia
- Family: Berberidaceae
- Other names: Chinese mahoniestruik - Chinese Mahonia
- PARENTAGE: Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis
- Breeder: Alan Postill - Hillier Nurseries (2024)
- origin: hybrid
- license: PBR
Features Mahonia eurybracteata METEOR
| height: | 100-150 cm |
| flowering: | August - October | second flowering until December |
| color: | golden, lemon, yellow |
| leaf color: | reddish brown, dark green |
| scent: | scented |
| habit: | ascending |
| growth: | fast |
| level: | easy |
| moisture: | dry, average, moist |
| soil texture: | light |
| organic matter: | normal |
| pH: | acid, neutral |
| winter zone: | 7 [-15°C] |
| density: | 1 - 2 |
