Mahonia Soft Caress Care

Soft caress has everything we love about mahonia without the pesky thorns.

Mahonia soft caress care. Synonyms mahonia eurybracteata soft caress. Pair with fragrant bulbs to provide a striking contrast to the delicate mahonia foliage. Watch out for bunnies they love them as much as we do. Pin it for later.

Bright yellow flowers atop slender foliage appear in early winter followed by blue berries in winter. Other common names oregon grape soft caress. Soft caress mahonia care water regularly to establish. Perfect for an asian garden or as a specimen.

If the potting compost becomes somewhat dry between waterings it can easily tolerate this because its leathery leaves will keep it from drying out quickly. In early winter bright yellow flowers stand atop the slender bamboo like foliage like fingers of light. Alternatively it will make. Soft caress is a compact evergreen shrub so it is ideal for larger pots where it will provide year round interest.

Mahonia eurybracteata soft caress pp20183 few plants offer the texture that soft caress provides the shade garden. Soft caress mahonia is one of our favorite plants for the transition from winter to spring. Compact enough to use in containers yet large enough for foundation plantings or borders these tough plants provide fabulous texture to the shade garden. Mahonia soft caress is the first of its kind to have entirely spine free foliage making it much more agreeable in the garden.

Genus mahonia are evergreen shrubs with leathery pinnate leaves which are often spine toothed and clustered racemes of sometimes fragrant yellow flowers sometimes followed by black or purple berries. Transplanting mahonia soft caress from the store usually mahonia soft caress is sold in pots. The best season to transplant them to the ground is spring or fall right after purchasing. Recently released onto the market and winner of plant of the year at rhs chelsea flower show 2013 this is the first mahonia to have spine free leaves which means that they can be planted near to paths or doorways where you may brush past them.

Before planting them into the garden plunge the pot into a bucket of water for half an hour while you prepare the planting hole. Planting in the ground directly after purchasing will make for only a single move. Even so it is still important to give it sufficient water during its initial growth period and flowering period. In a pot mahonia soft caress is a perfect plant for the patio where its fern like leaves will add an elegant touch.

A big bonus it can withstand those last unexpected frosts that sometimes sneak up before spring fully sets in.