Mahonia eurybracteata Sweet Winter

Mahonia eurybracteata Sweet Winter

Mahonia eurybracteata Sweet Winter is an elegant, compact evergreen shrub prized for its soft, narrow, spineless leaflets that give a refined, fern-like texture year-round. From late summer into autumn it carries sweetly scented, upright sprays of yellow flowers that brighten shaded areas and provide welcome colour and fragrance. Best in partial to full shade in Ireland, it thrives in a sheltered spot with moist but welldrained, humusrich, acid to neutral soil. With a moderate growth rate, it will typically form a neat mound around 11.5m in height and spread over time, making it an excellent choice for woodland-style planting, shaded borders, and containers where gentle structure and seasonal interest are needed.

To help give a clear sense of scale, the stone wall shown in our photos measures approximately 265cm in height. We also use familiar garden tools as visual references: a digging fork (110cm tall) and a hand fork (30cm tall). These are included purely as size guides to help you better judge proportions when viewing the images.

Position: Partial shade to shade (east- or north-facing) Rate of Growth: Moderate Soil: Moist but well-drained, humus-rich, moderately fertile; acid to neutral Hardiness: Hardy in most of Ireland (RHS H4) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Plant at a Glance

light:light-shade
light:shade
facing:east
facing:north
soiltype:moderate-fertile
soiltype:prefers-acid-soil
soilmoisture:normal
foliage:evergreen
flowering:august
flowering:september
flowering:october
flowercolour:yellow
leafcolour:green
size:90cm-2m