Mountain Snowberry
Symphoricarpos oreophilus
A graceful mountain shrub with pink tubular flowers for hummingbirds and waxy white winter berries for birds. Adaptable and suckering, good for naturalizing dry slopes.
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~25 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Symphoricarpos species
- Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
- Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
- Western Snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis)
- Creeping Snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis)
- Desert Snowberry (Symphoricarpos longiflorus)