| Scientific Name: | Berberis x media 'Charity' |
| Common Name: | charity mahonia |
| Family Name: | Berberidaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Fall interest, Filler, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Security/barrier, Specimen plant, Tall background, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Prickly, Glabrous, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Ovate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Jan-Feb-Nov-Dec |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Blue, Purple, Jan-Feb |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Vase shape shrub; leaves about 20cm long, odd pinnate, sessile, 17-21 ovate-lanceolate leaflets, toothed; berries ovate, 11-13mm long, blue-black, May-June. Winter ID: flowers yellow, Dec-Feb, densely-clustered raceme, 25cm long; bark bright yellow inner colour. | |