How to plant and care for Mahonia (Charity)

Mahonia × media 'Charity'

🌸 Flower 🔁 Perennial

Architectural, spiny evergreen leaves and upright sprays of scented yellow flowers from November to February — vital winter food for bees.

When to plant and care for it

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Flowers

Prune

Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.

On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 2 m apart, and firm in.
0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.

March
Prune
After flowering, cut leggy stems back to a whorl of leaves to keep it bushy.
December
In Flower
Scented yellow flowers in midwinter.