Mahonia 'CABARET'® leatherleaf mahonia
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
0,5-1,3m
usual width
0,5-1m
leaves
evergreen broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
September-November
location
semi-shade to shade
USDA zone (lowest)
7 (down to -23°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Cabaret® is a fantastic new leatherleaf mahonia from 2009. It produces 10-15 cm long, semi-erect racemes of rich orange and yellow flowers that open from deep coral red buds. Unlike other similar mahonias this one has no fragrance. They are followed by blue berries in autumn and winter. The evergreen leaves are pinnate, mid green to almost blue-green, very glossy, and have a thin red line along the margins from spring until late summer. Their tips are sharp once the leaves mature in early summer.Cabaret® mahonia was found by a Dutch grower Klaas Willem Verboom as a naturally occurring mutation, or rather a hybrid between mahonia nitens and mahonia gracilipes. After 5 years of testing and reproducing it he introduced his novelty at Dutch exhibition Plantarium in 2009 where the plant received a gold medal. It was patented one year after under PP21,572.
It grows moderately into a dense shrub with coarse structure. Grow it in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in partial or full shade. Leatherleaf mahonia does not tolerate direct sunlight. Hardiness has been experienced to -20°C with no damage, and is supposed to go even lower to USDA zone 6 = -23°C.
Last update 10-09-2012
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
