Forms a small compact bush, very rustic, keeping its thick and shiny leaves all year round. Its young shoots are copper then dark green, tinted with purple-brown in autumn under the sun.

Very different from other Mahonias, the olive-green leaves are soft to the touch and without pricks. Very elegant, compact, but with a light and airy aspect.

Very floriferous from January to March, erect perfumed bunches, growing at the end of its smaller branches. The long 30 to 50cm leaves are spread regularly along the stem.