Common name: common bearberry
Family name: Ericaceae

  • Latin and Greek in origin
  • Arctos means bear
  • Staphylos means berry
  • close relative of arbutus
  • most of them northern
  • grown as a ground cover
  • doesn’t tolerate compaction
  • extremely drought cold tolerant
  • sun tolerant
  • good for planter on slab, where people can’t walk is ideal
  • need to have multiple seedlings to produce fruit
  • native to northern North America, Rockies, California to Mexico
  • evergreen groundcover
  • USDA Hardiness Zone: 2-6
  • Vancouver jade is a common cultivar

TIP: red berries, small leaves

 

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