Date Photo Taken: 09/23/2012
Location: Roswell, GA
Posted By: diboy
Notes:
This is a “volunteer” growing underneath a row of burford holly trees (allowed to grow to max height–now being pruned). Not a burford! Sharp spines…Chinese Holly maybe?
stone Unregistered says:
Mahonia
September 24th, 2012 at 9:54 amI love the January blooms… Need those winter bloomers!
John Ricketson Unregistered says:
I helped clear a small area last year in Stone Mountain where a “volunteer” plant of this specie was growing. It was gnarly and the trunk wood was bright yellow when cut. I thought it was some invasive plant and dug to the root and attached a chain to pull it out of the ground with my truck. In retrospect, this thing would be the ideal “intruder shrub” if it could ever be acceptably shaped. I found a few others growing wild nearby in the woods but still cannot figure out what the devil it is.
January 4th, 2013 at 9:50 amWalter Reeves The Georgia Gardener says:
opinions vary on its invasiveness. Some people use mahonia to deter burglars
January 4th, 2013 at 6:16 pm