Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' - 45-55cm, 5lt 3ft-4ft | 1m-1.5m with its smoky pink flowers

with its smoky pink flowers and amazing autumn colours

lavender flowers bloom on pale green flower scapes rising above the foliage in mid-summer

greener on older growth

white flowers and orange-red fruits

Male cones are large and brown

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' - 45-55cm, 5lt 3ft-4ft | 1m-1.5m with its smoky pink flowersMahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' is a small, compact, vigorous, upright, evergreen shrub with long, narrow, soft, spine free, glossy, dark green leaves. Lemon yellow, honey scented flowers on upright racemes bloom in late summer and autumn and are followed by edible, blue black berries. Attractive to bees, birds, and butterflies. Mahonia eurybracteata grows best in fertile, humus rich, slightly acidic, consistently moist, well drained soils. It