General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Plant Height: 3-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small globose translucent white to pale pink drupe containing two nutlets.
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Pink Snowberry
  • Mexican Small-Leaved Snowberry
  • Perlita
  • Perlilla
  • Aretillo
  • Escobilla

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Date: c. 1857
illustration by W. Fitch from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', 1857

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