Snowberry
Chiococca alba
A loose, arching shrub that scrambles through neighbours where it has support, hung with pendant clusters of small bell flowers that open cream and age yellow. The snow-white translucent berries that follow are the reason for the name. Good for informal screening on poor sandy or limestone ground.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 19–19 ft
- Spacing
- 23–23 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, hedge or screen
- Native states
- FL, TX