MAHONIAS got their name from an Irish nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who settled in Philadelphia in the 18th century. His business became a centre for American gardeners, where everyone, from Thomas ...

Mahonias are impressive winter-flowering shrubs which make an imposing feature in a border. There is something quite uncompromising about their yellow flowers whose scent is reminiscent of lily-of-the ...

My back garden is a scene of devastation, but I am not downhearted because it marks the start of a long overdue clearance programme. I can’t get out into the back garden today because my neighbour and ...

GINA PARKINSON sings the praises of a shrub that provides much interest at this time. MAHONIA has been scenting our garden for months, beginning around Christmas and still continuing. The first of ...

ahonia, a member of the Barberry family, is a distinctive evergreen shrub that’s native to North and Central America, as well as eastern Asia. Although related to barberries, mahonias don’t have those ...

January may not be famed for its warmth and cheer, but even amidst the frosty mornings, a fragrant winter garden could be just the antidote to lift your mood. While visions of a perfumed garden ...

It has been a topsy-turvy year. My astrantias are in full flower just when they should be resting. I'm still plucking cabbage white caterpillars from my purple sprouting. My woodland garden has too ...

Mahonia is very unusual because it comes into flower in late autumn, as other shrubs shut up shop, and it is all the more valuable for that. It can flower in late autumn and well into late winter, ...

Serendipity is always unexpected, especially in a budget airport hotel. My bleak little bedroom overlooked a dense bank of glossy, evergreen foliage. Every upright stem carried a big cluster of butter ...