Suffered some cold damage at 5F, even with frost cloth protection. Then the final coup de grâce was a young rabbit who decided that this...Read More was at least as tasty as clover, million bells, or beans. Dousing with Liquid Fence and covering it with ultrasonic devices did nothing to diminish the rabbit’s ardor. Pretty plant, but a complete waste of time, money, and space unless you live in a very mild region with no rabbits.
Left this plant outside during a very bad Arctic front. Did not faze it. In fact, it thrived. I haven't given this plant any supplemen...Read Moretal waterings the whole Winter. Very easy plant to grow in Texas. Very salt tolerant. I give it a big A++.
Neither of the two plants I put in in the summer of 2013 made it through the winter. Although our winter was unusually cold, it did not ...Read Moreget down to 0. One plant struggled to send up a couple of shoots from the roots in the spring, but died by mid summer.
Love the plant, but the seven I planted in the fall were wiped out by our cold winter. It never got below zero here...and the grower's de...Read Morescription said hardy to zero...but all seven are dead to the ground. I have some dim hope that they may grow back from the roots. But beware...these are not reliably hardy in Zone 7.
This plant thrives in my zone 5b climate with proper siting and winter protection (planting close to a foundation, and garbage bags full ...Read Moreof leaves mounded around the plant.) The minimal effort required in protecting this beauty is rewarded by the soft pinnate foliage and the lovely yellow blossoms.
Don't sell yourself short if one of these appears in your local garden centers and you don't live in zone 7a. Try careful siting and protection, and you too can be rewarded with a beautiful specimen planting.
Foliage have points but not nearly as sharp as regular mahonia. Also has yellow raceme of flowers and blue berries. This plant does not...Read More like to be overwatered! I had to transplant mine to a shady but drier location b/c I was killing it slowly to excessive water. Slow grower. Low maintenance once you have a handle on moisture requirements.
Suffered some cold damage at 5F, even with frost cloth protection. Then the final coup de grâce was a young rabbit who decided that this...Read More
Left this plant outside during a very bad Arctic front. Did not faze it. In fact, it thrived. I haven't given this plant any supplemen...Read More
Neither of the two plants I put in in the summer of 2013 made it through the winter. Although our winter was unusually cold, it did not ...Read More
I'm in zone 7, and these plants did not survive our cold winter.
Love the plant, but the seven I planted in the fall were wiped out by our cold winter. It never got below zero here...and the grower's de...Read More
This plant thrives in my zone 5b climate with proper siting and winter protection (planting close to a foundation, and garbage bags full ...Read More
Foliage have points but not nearly as sharp as regular mahonia. Also has yellow raceme of flowers and blue berries. This plant does not...Read More