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
- 9–9 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX