Agarita
Mahonia trifoliolata
A spiny, blue-gray evergreen with holly-like leaflets, fragrant yellow late-winter flowers, and tart red berries gathered for jelly. Impenetrable cover for birds and tough on dry, limy soils.
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~12 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX
Related native plants
More Mahonia species
- Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia repens)
- Tall Oregon Grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
- Cascade Oregon Grape (Mahonia nervosa)
- Red Barberry (Mahonia haematocarpa)
- Nevin's Barberry (Mahonia nevinii)
- California Barberry (Mahonia pinnata)