Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albusView more from Other Shrubs & Hedges
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The Snowberry is a garden classic, but also a native shrub, so it’s ideal for today’s modern gardens of native plants and natural plantings. It forms a rounded shrub 3 to 5 feet tall, with clusters of pink flowers in summer and large white berries in fall and through much of the winter. The neat rounded leaves are an attractive green, forming a calm background to other plants. It’s very hardy and easy to grow, so ideal for difficult urban gardens, woodland gardens, and low-maintenance natural plantings.
Very cold-hardy, the Snowberry grows even in zone 2. It tolerates shade well, although the most berries are found on bushes growing in the sun. It grows in all kinds of soils that aren’t wet or flooded, thriving on rocky slopes and poor soils, including clays and alkaline soil. It is generally pest and disease free and deer will at most take a few berries. Some thinning out is all the attention needed, and that is optional.
Botanical Name:
Symphoricarpos albus
Mature Width:
3-6 ft
Mature Height:
3-6 ft
Grows Well In:
Zones 3-7
Sun Needs:
Full Sun, Shade
Water Needs:
Moderate
Growth Rate:
Fast, Medium
Flower Color:
Pink
Flowering Season:
Summer