Scientific Name: Mahonia repens ( syn. Berberis )
Common Name: creeping mahonia, creeping barberry
Family Name: Berberidaceae
Origin: B.C. east of Cascades, Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - southwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Ground cover, Native planting, Rock garden
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Spinose
Flowers: Panicle, Yellow, Apr-May
Fruit: Berry (true), Blue, Jul-Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Low growing, leaves evergreen, pinnately compound with 5 or 7 spiny margined leaflets.