Trailing Arbutus
Epigaea repens
Trailing arbutus is a cherished, slow-growing native groundcover of acidic eastern woodlands, pressing intensely fragrant pink-white flowers among leathery evergreen leaves in earliest spring. A choice plant for cool, shaded, acidic soil. The fragrant flowers are a traditional trailside nibble, added to salads.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.17–0.33 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.33 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV