With Proud Berry® Coralberry (Symphoricarpos sp. 'Sophie' PP21226) the berries just are spectacular. Coralberry is native to Tennessee grows beautifully arching blue-green stems and foliage all three growing seasons and adds garden interest all year. Spring starts with pink blossoms that gradually fade to white, and in fall the pretty pink flowers burst out into scads of nearly fluorescent pink berries. Proud Berry® Coralberry peaks when other plants in your garden are winding down for the year. These berries fill that quiet transition time from summer to fall. Care The Magic Berry Coralberry is able to grow in all light levels, from full sun to full shade, although berry crops will be reduced in heavy shade. It grows in all kinds of soils too, from acid to alkaline and from poor, dry and rocky soil into wet and poorly-drained soils. It is generally free of pest or disease problems and can be trimmed or not, as you need. Growth Habit At 4 to 6 feet tall and wide, this dwarf cultivar is excellent for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a natural hedge. In early summer an abundance of small, bell-shaped, pink flowers appear. It can be trimmed into a hedge – a hard trim in early spring will mean you still get berries, but trimming in summer will reduce them. Magic Berry Coralberry is an amazingly adaptable North American native deciduous flowering shrub anyone in USDA Zones 3 to 8 can easily grow and enjoy. It isn't eaten by deer, and you can basically plant it and forget it, after some extra watering while it becomes established. Native Shrub Coralberry, also known as Indian Currant or Buckbrush is native to North America, including the Southeastern US. Toxicity The Poisonous Plants of North Carolina database says that the berries of all species of Symphoricarpos are mildly toxic when eaten.
