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Ericaceae
Bear-grape
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Also known as Uva-ursi, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi var. suborbiculata, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi subsp. monoensis, Mairrania uva-ursi
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Groundcover · Evergreen · Native · Wildlife · Medicinal · Acidic-Soil · Rocky · Drought-Tolerant · Berry · Low-Growing
Bearberry is a low-growing, mat-forming evergreen shrub that excels as a tough groundcover in rocky, sandy, or poor soils where little else will grow. It prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained acidic soil, and is highly drought tolerant once established — avoid overwatering or rich soils which can cause decline. Its small pink flowers attract pollinators in spring, and its bright red berries provide food for birds through winter.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry out between sessions · Every 10-14 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 10 ft
- Spread
- 8 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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