Close up of Mahonia flower.

Nice and early...mine is in bud but not yet open like this one!

Pretty pic :o)

Looking lovely and scented too.

I love the contrast in colour. The leaf colour is so lovely & that yellow is less vivid than many other yellow flowers .....I have never been a great fan of yellow, but I like the more muted or muddy-yellows as I call them.

I love the scent too and so architectural. I walked past a lovely one today, not quite open but full of promise!

looks fantastic

Prickly aren't they!!

Mine is also just in bud :)

I need to dig a new flower/shrub bed!!
Such a pity that the digging new flower beds job here isn't like cutting into loam. I have 8" of soil then layer after layer of limestone!

Come to think of it..I would also like to plant a Tamarisk, a Rheuss and lots more dogwood!

Love the smell from the flowers. Always reminds me of lily of the valley.