A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Common snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus
Native foliage feeds snowberry clearwing caterpillars, and white berries provide food for wildlife.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
A deciduous, suckering shrub for naturalistic plantings; berries are for wildlife, not people.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Dry soil / Average moisture
- Mature size
- 3–6 ft tall · 3–6 ft wide
- Season of interest
- Summer–winter
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–7
- Garden role
- A shrub with lasting berries
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of heavenly bamboo.
Nandina domestica
Try common snowberry for a shrub with lasting berries.
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Photo credits & licenses
Common snowberry: Patrick Standish · CC BY 2.0
Heavenly bamboo: Cathy Dewitt · CC BY 4.0
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