Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Oregon Grape
Mahonia aquifolium
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Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 2.00 m high × 1.50 m wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Evergreen
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Well-drained, Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Shade, Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Flowers, Fruit, Sap
- Functions
- Dye, Hedge, Ground cover, Fragrant
- Edibility
- 3 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 3 out of 5
Fruit - raw or cooked. The fruit is almost the size of a black currant and grows in large clusters, making it easy to harvest. The fruit has a sour taste and can be delicious eaten raw, especially when added to porridge or muesli. Unfortunately, the fruit contains relatively little flesh and many seeds, although some plants have larger and juicier fruits. Cooked, the fruit tastes a bit like black currants. The fruit can be dried and stored for later use. Flowers - raw. They can also be used to make a lemonade-like drink.