Mahonia nevinii

Identification

Mahonia nevinii, Nevin's Barberry.
Western Bluebird on Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry berries. - grid24_3
Western blue birds like to eat the berries of Mahonia nevinii.
A Checkerspot Butterfly and a Western Bluebird in two shots of Mahonia nevinii. - grid24_3
Mahonia nevinii, Bluebird berries
Anna Hummingbird on a Mahonia nevinii - grid24_3
Hummingbirds, butterflies and native bees love the wonderfully scented flowers.
Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry flowers with a nectarine behind it. - grid24_3
Mahonia nevinii, This barberry is not friendly to humans, is friendly to birds
Nevin's barberry with a Checkerspot on it. - grid24_3
Mahonia nevinii flowers are used by native insects
A Checkerspot Butterfly  on a Mahonia nevinii - grid24_3
Mahonia nevinii, Checkerspot butterfly on Nevin's Barberry
A Wren in Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry berries. - grid24_3
Wrentits like to eat Mahonia nevinii berries.
A Western Bluebird eating Mahonia nevinii - grid24_3
A Western Bluebird eating Mahonia nevinii berries.
Western Bluebird in a Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry. - grid24_3
Berry eating birds love Mahonia nevinii
Western Bluebird on Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberryberries. - grid24_3
huge flocks of Western bluebirds come to eat the berries off this Mahonia nevinii in the Fall
A Thrasher with a Mahonia nevinii, (syn. Berberis nevinii) Nevin's Barberry berry in his beak. - grid24_3
California thrashers eat berries from the lowers branches of Mahonia nevinii as well as use it for cover.
Three Western Bluebirds, and a female Western Tanager enjoying breakfast in a Mahonia nevinii. This Barberry is very slow, but the wildlife will show up as soon as the first flower or berry shows up in the garden. - grid24_3
Mahonia nevinii, Three Western Bluebirds, and a Hooded Oriole

Description

Nevin's Barberry is an evergreen shrub that grows slowly to 5 feet then can slowly become a slightly larger tree-shrub covered with yellow flower spikes, 2" long in Mar.-Apr.. This is followed by hundreds of red berries loved by one and all of the bird community. Its foliage is kind of a blue-gray-green with brown-red stems and yellow 1/10"spines on the leaf margins. The birds seem to feel at home here as our cats will not jump into the bush. (Not twice anyway.) It was native in the Los Angeles Basin, Redlands, and San Diego Co. . It is extinct in many of its old locations. It likes full sun to part shade. It is very drought tolerant and garden tolerant, good barrier plant. Deer proof in most sites. Its tolerance to cold in containers surprised us to no end. All else in that block died but the Mahonia nevinii and Rhamnus californica, (and the Rhamnus was burnt). The M. nevinii had flower buds on it and came into flower in March better than ever! Not a slow down or even tip burn at 0 to -2 in the containers. I believe it is hardy to -30 because of this. I know it is at least 15deg. hardier than Mahonia aquifolium, probably as tough as Mahonia repens. Why it has these cold hardy genes in a southern California site is a question that would be a fun thesis for a Doctor of Botany or Morphology. It is a favorite of western bluebirds. (syn. Berberis nevinii)

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Available at our Santa Margarita store.

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Available at our Escondido store.

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Characteristics

Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry tolerates sand, high traffic(people walking on it) and deer.
Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry is great for a bird garden.
Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry's foliage color is green-gray and type is evergreen.
Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry's flower color is yellow and has a fragrance.
Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry's fruit is edible.

Communities

Communities for Mahonia nevinii Nevin's Barberry:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Mahonia nevinii

ph: 6.00 to 7.60
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 3.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 2.50
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 97.00

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