ahonia, a member of the Barberry family, is a distinctive evergreen shrub that’s native to North and Central America, as well as eastern Asia. Although related to barberries, mahonias don’t have those ...

MAHONIAS got their name from an Irish nurseryman, Bernard McMahon, who settled in Philadelphia in the 18th century. His business became a centre for American gardeners, where everyone, from Thomas ...

Mahonias are impressive winter-flowering shrubs which make an imposing feature in a border. There is something quite uncompromising about their yellow flowers whose scent is reminiscent of lily-of-the ...

GINA PARKINSON sings the praises of a shrub that provides much interest at this time. MAHONIA has been scenting our garden for months, beginning around Christmas and still continuing. The first of ...

My back garden is a scene of devastation, but I am not downhearted because it marks the start of a long overdue clearance programme. I can’t get out into the back garden today because my neighbour and ...

The best sort of winter colour is that blazing flush of your cheeks from the first post-Christmas dig, when you decide you can linger on the couch no longer and you haul yourself outside – ideally in ...

It has been a topsy-turvy year. My astrantias are in full flower just when they should be resting. I'm still plucking cabbage white caterpillars from my purple sprouting. My woodland garden has too ...