Scarlet Pearl Snowberry
$131.00 Original price was: $131.00.$39.30Current price is: $39.30.
1000 in stock
SKU: L33Tcqe29s
Category: Flowering Shrubs
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 4 ft. tall and wide.
| Description | Light pink summer blooms produce an abundance of highly ornamental large pink berries that persist on bare stems in winter. Stems will last two weeks in cut floral arrangements. Easily naturalizes in northern native landscapes and woodland gardens. Great for erosion control on slopes. Plant within a window’s view to enjoy from indoors. Deciduous. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Deciduous |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Ornamental Berries, Benefits Birds |
| Problems/Solutions | Erosion Control |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Patent Act | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Landscape Use | Border, Hillside |
| Design Ideas | Native snowberries are essential to North American wild landscapes because they naturalize so well. A superbly beautiful addition to wildlife habitat gardens as a late season food source for many species. Improved color and form has boosted them into high status in traditional shrub borders for late season interest. Planted as a low informal hedge or arrange in irregular groupings. A fresh new candidate for foundation planting. Add to any garden for a ready supply of colorful cut berry sprays for autumn decorating. |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Foliage Fall Color | Yellow |
| Companion Plants | Potentilla (Potentilla); Viburnum (Viburnum); Magnolia (Magnolia); Beautyberry (Callicarpa); Deutzia (Deutzia) |
| Care Instructions | Grows easily in a wide range of soil types. Water deeply, regularly during the first growing season to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new spring growth. Naturally forms a thicket; root suckers may be pruned to maintain size. |
| History | Symphoricarpos are native to North America and were first improved by the breeding work of G.A. Doorenbos in the 1940’s. The native habitat runs from Nova Scotia to Alberta, south to Minnesota and Virginia and in the western North America from Southwestern Alaska to Southern California. Snowberry is a member of the Honeysuckle family and got its name from the inside of the fruit which looks like snow when broken open. Scarlet Pearl came to Monrovia from a breeding program in the Netherlands where it is prized in the cut flower industry. Virtually all Native American tribes within its range used this plant as a medicinal for treating a wide variety of illnesses from upset stomach to eye inflammation. It is warned that ingestion of the berries could cause mild illness and is not advised. |