Height: This ground cover grows from 6 to 12 inches and can spread to 15 ft.
Habitat: Grows well in a full sun to part shade, low moisture, dry rocky, or sandy, acidic soils.
Foliage: Alternate, leathery, evergreen paddle shaped leaves that turn red in winter.
Flowers: Pink to whitish urn-shaped flowers form terminal clusters and bloom March to June.
Fruits: Red berries
Bark: Brown bark that peels when it gets older.
Natural Habitat: Widespread.
Why is it good for my garden? This is a great woody groundcover is a hardy shrub for landscaping rocky, sandy, or well-drained full sun sites. These berries are edible, though mealy and tasteless, but do attract birds and other wildlife. Leaves have been used for tea.
If you are not seeing the size or quantity you would like for sale here please contact us to see if we can find the right size or amount for you.
For more information please check out the Burke Herbarium link below:
