Carolina Wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum
Carolina wolfberry is a salt-tolerant coastal shrub with lavender flowers and red berries that are critical fall food for migrating whooping cranes and other birds.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- FL, LA, TX