Mahonia hybrid plant named ‘Marvel’

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Mahonia×media , ‘Marvel’, that is characterized by its unique leaflets with smooth margins, terminating in a single spine at the apex, its leaves arranged in a whorl around the stem with a tight rosette displayed at the terminus, its upright plant habit, its large inflorescence composed of racemes of small, fragrant yellow flowers that bloom from late fall to mid winter in Georgia, and its berries that are blue-green in color when young and begin to ripen in February to a deep blue-purple color.

It is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of  Mahonia  hybrid plant named ‘Marvel’ as herein illustrated and described.