Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
Creeping snowberry is a low, trailing Western groundcover shrub with small pink flowers and white berries, rooting as it spreads over dry, shaded slopes. A useful native bank cover under oaks and pines.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, hummingbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~25 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- CA, ID, OR, WA