Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
Evergreen creeping vine-like groundcover. Pairs of fragrant white trumpet flowers fuse at the base into a single red berry, two flower scars visible. Berries persist through winter.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0–0.25 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV