Showing posts with label holly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holly. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 07, 2017

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

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Holly Leaves

Such a nice green color with the waxy texture of the holly leaves. The green and red of this plant go so well together.