Creeping Barberry | Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia Repens)
Creeping Oregon-grape or creeping barberry is a stoloniferous, sprawling evergreen of stiff habit with small, fragrant, yellow flowers in drooping racemes, followed by showy, purple fruit. The leathery, holly-like, compound leaves are a muted green, some turning mauve rose and rust-colored in winter. The plant grows 1-3 ft. in height.
A beautiful foliage groundcover for shade in the western mountains of the continent, Creeping Barberry has muted green leaves that are occasionally shades of pastel pinks, purples, and oranges. It thrives in good garden soil but does not tolerate high heat or drying wind. Its yellow spring blooms attract pollinators and its berries attract birds.
Creeping Barberry - Creeping Oregon Grape (Mahonia repens)
Name: Creeping Barberry aka Creeping Oregon Grape
Scientific Name: Mahonia repens
zone: 5 to 8
plant height: 0.5-1 feet
light requirements: part shade to full sun
Soil & water preferences grow well in well-drained acidic soils.
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Retention: Evergreen
Leaf Pubescence: Glabrous
Leaf Texture: Smooth
Breeding System: Flowers Bisexual
Size Notes: 6 to 10 inches high in the wild; 1 to 2 feet high in cultivation
Leaf: Bluish-green with some leaves in pastel pinks and oranges
Flower: Flowers up to a quarter inch.
Fruit: Blue 6-10 mm
Size Class: 1-3 ft.
Growing Instructions:
1. Scarification: Soak in water for 24 hours
2. Stratification: Cold Stratify for 180 days
3. Germination: Sow seeds 1/4" deep
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