{"product_id":"creeping-mahonia","title":"Creeping Mahonia","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreeping Mahonia (Mahonia repens) is a low, native evergreen that covers the ground with spiny, holly-like leaves, fragrant yellow flowers in spring and blue-black berries by late summer. It grows 1 to 2 feet tall and thrives in zones 4 through 9.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the small, ground-hugging cousin of Oregon grape holly. Instead of growing into a tall shrub, it creeps outward on underground runners and slowly fills in a patch. The blue-green leaves turn purple and red as the weather cools and hold that color through winter, so the planting never goes bare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse it on a slope, under open trees, along a woodland edge or anywhere you want an evergreen groundcover that asks for little. Bees visit the spring flowers, and birds come for the berries later in the season. The tart berries can also be cooked down for jelly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant it in full sun to partial shade, in well-drained soil with plenty of organic matter. It prefers slightly acidic ground. Water well the first season, then let it handle dry spells on its own. Deer tend to pass it by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdd Creeping Mahonia to your cart for a tough, native groundcover with color in every season.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nature Hills Nursery","offers":[{"title":"#1 Container","offer_id":62529966834034,"sku":"24172","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/naturehills.com\/products\/creeping-mahonia","provider":"Nature Hills Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}