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Caprifoliaceae
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Also known as Common snowberry, Waxberry, Ghostberry, Xylosteon album
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Snowberry · White Berries · Wildlife · Deciduous Shrub · Native · Erosion Control · Birds · Hedge · Winter Interest · Shade Tolerant
Snowberry is a tough, adaptable deciduous shrub valued for its striking white berries that persist through winter and provide food for birds. Plant in well-drained to average soil in full sun to partial shade, and water regularly until established. It spreads by suckers to form dense thickets, making it excellent for erosion control, hedging, or wildlife gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; once established, tolerates short dry periods · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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