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Rusty_Hinge writes
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Oregon grape - with large evergreen leaves rather like holly, but
flatter. In the autumn, the leaves which will be shed go the colours of
a spectacular sunset, and the racemes of yellow flowers appear in the
winter and smell strongly, remeniscent of lily of the valley.

I assume you mean Mahonia x intermedia, not Mahonia aquifolium. In my
experience Oregon grape is restricted to the latter, and perhaps a few
related species (e.g. M. nervosa, M. pinnata, M. repens)

No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I
remember to birdproof them in time.


You probably do mean Mahonia aquifolium then. I think of it as a
spring-flowering shrub, rather than a winter-flowering shrub. Mahonia x
intermedia flowers considerably earlier. (On the other hand, it's rather
on the big side, given the OP's criteria.)
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Stewart Robert Hinsley