Berries on a Mahonia Plant

You have all you basic colors represented in this plant: reds, greens and blues. The genus Mahonia is a named for Irish American horticulturist Bernard McMahon (1775-1816) in 1818 by English botanist Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859). The Mahonia was one of the plants returned by the Lewis and Clark expedition that McMahon cultivated .


Learn more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia

Holly Berries

Here are some color coming forth on from the winter surroundings. It looks like holly berries in the Christmas colors of red and green.

Berry Plant

Here is a berry plant growing in the flower garden. I do not know its name but when I was a child we use to make ink out of its berries. I was told as a child the berries were poisonous.