= Water twice per month or less, once established.
= Water about once per week, once established.
= Water about twice per week, once established.
= Water three days per week, or more.
Use the plant water needs as a guideline. Actual plant water needs will vary for several reasons, including weather conditions, soil type, sun exposure, root depth, wind and elevation. Adjust your watering schedule as needed to meet the plants' needs at your site. Water recent transplants more often than established plants.
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Symphoricarpos occidentalis
low
pale pink
summer
3 to 5 ft.
3 to 5 ft.
Yes
native to the United States
sun to shade
USDA zones 3-8
hardy to 8,500 ft.
Western snowberry is a native, multi-stemmed, suckering shrub that grows well in sun to shade.
In mid-summer, it has small, pale pink flowers. The flowers turn into white waxy berries later in the summer.
Western snowberry forms a colony, so it can be useful for stabilizing slopes or filling in narrow planting areas bounded by walls or concrete. Birds eat the berries.
This plant is not currently present at the Xeriscape Garden, but is a common plant of the foothills west of Colorado Springs.
Remove dead branches as needed. Western snowberry suckers through underground stems, so it can become problematic if planted in a place where it you don't want it to spread.
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