Mahonia x media ' Winter Sun'is a large, bushy, evergreen shrub with an RHS AGM. Long, slender racemes of bright yellow, richly fragrant flowers are borne in dense clusters of arching racemes from November to March. Bunches of spherical violet berries follow through the summer. This hardy shrub forms rosettes of sharply toothed leaves to 45cm (18) long with glossy, bottle green leaflets that are similar in appearance to holly leaves.