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["Richard Moyer" <ramoyer@gmail.com>]

Ginda,

Grape holly (Mahonia) a Pac NW native, does well in total shade, blooms in Feb march, has purple fruits.  Have read of making jam from the fruit; there may be some selections that are better fruited.  Perhaps someone on the list (Lon?) knows of one.  The few I have tasted have a bitter aftertaste, have never cooked the fruit.

 

We put two in planters where I work, north side of large building with holly trees on either side of planters, so never direct sun.  These Mahonia have grown well always evergreen, yellow blooms on top, purple fruit in spring.  Easy to prune if they get too tall or leggy, as very few stems.

Richard Moyer

East TN, Zone

Nanking cherries, Chaenomeles quince blooming