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Plant ID, please: Mahonia
On visiting London in late February, I noticed very fragrant
yellow-flowered Mahonias growing at Kew, at the north end of the buildings at the Victoria Gate - also encountered some along the street between the Kew underground station and the Vicotoria gate, and a few elsewhere in London. One of these shrubs at Kew once had a plastic label, but it was unfortunely broken, so nothing remained of the plant name. Can anyone tell me what species/variety of Mahonia this is? We grow Mahonias here in California, but I have never encountered winter bloomers or ones so fragrant. (I sent an email enquiry to Kew, but never got a response). Thanks |
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Plant ID, please: Mahonia
'tom',
Could well be Mahonia Charity as shown on this site: http://www.hedgesonline.com/content.php?categoryId=48 Regards, Emrys Davies. "tom" wrote in message ... On visiting London in late February, I noticed very fragrant yellow-flowered Mahonias growing at Kew, at the north end of the buildings at the Victoria Gate - also encountered some along the street between the Kew underground station and the Vicotoria gate, and a few elsewhere in London. One of these shrubs at Kew once had a plastic label, but it was unfortunely broken, so nothing remained of the plant name. Can anyone tell me what species/variety of Mahonia this is? We grow Mahonias here in California, but I have never encountered winter bloomers or ones so fragrant. (I sent an email enquiry to Kew, but never got a response). Thanks |
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Plant ID, please: Mahonia
Right.
But Mahonia 'Carity' is just one of several cultivars of a cross between two Asian Mahonia species: Mahonia japonica x M. lomariifolia (this cross is named Mahonia x media). So it could be just as well Mahonia 'Winter Sun', Mahonia 'Buckland', or some other cultivar. M. 'Charity' is a good guess, though, since it is the most popular one in the UK, I think. However, at Kew they have a collection of the cultivars - so it's hard to tell which one you saw there. Not that I found very much difference between them. Regards, Roger. Emrys Davies wrote: 'tom', Could well be Mahonia Charity as shown on this site: http://www.hedgesonline.com/content.php?categoryId=48 Regards, Emrys Davies. "tom" wrote in message ... On visiting London in late February, I noticed very fragrant yellow-flowered Mahonias growing at Kew, at the north end of the buildings at the Victoria Gate - also encountered some along the street between the Kew underground station and the Vicotoria gate, and a few elsewhere in London. One of these shrubs at Kew once had a plastic label, but it was unfortunely broken, so nothing remained of the plant name. Can anyone tell me what species/variety of Mahonia this is? We grow Mahonias here in California, but I have never encountered winter bloomers or ones so fragrant. (I sent an email enquiry to Kew, but never got a response). Thanks -- Walk tall, walk straight, and look the world right into the eye. You're welcome to visit my gardening page: http://users.pandora.be/roger.van.loon/gardenp.htm |
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