Symphoricarpos albus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width:	⇔	4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		3 to 9
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

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Read about Symphoricarpos albus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Symphoricarpos albus, Blake (S. racemosus, Michx. Vaccinium album, Linn.). Snowberry. Waxberry. Shrub with upright slender branches, 1-3 ft. high: lvs. oval to elliptic-oblong, obtuse, pubescent beneath, on shoots often sinuately lobed, 1-2 in. long: fls. in terminal spikes or axillary clusters; corolla campanulate, pinkish, about 1/4 in. long: fr. globose or ovoid, snow-white, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long. June-Sept.; fr. Sept.-Oct. Nova Scotia to Alaska south to Pa., Idaho, and Calif. Var. laevigatus, Blake (S. racemosus var. laevigatus, Fern.). Taller, to 6 ft., with glabrous usually larger lvs. and larger clusters of frs. Que. to Wash., south to Va., often escaped. Var. ovatus, Rehd. (S. ovatus, Spaeth). A form of the preceding with broadly ovate, bluish green lvs. mostly about 2 in. long and 1 3/4 in. broad, rounded or nearly truncate at the base.—The snowberry generally cult. as S. racemosus is the var. laevigatus, while typical S. albus is sometimes grown as var. pauciflorus, but the true var. pauciflorus, Blake, is a low shrub with smaller lvs. with grayish white pubescence beneath and only 1-3 fls. at the end of the branchlets; it is found from Lake Superior to Alberta and south to Colo. and Ore., and is apparently not in cult. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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