Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Common Bearberry
- Main interest:
- low maintenance, year round colour and bright red berries
- Exposure:
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil humidity:
- dry to moist soil
- Flower colour:
- white with pink
- Fragrance:
- Mildly fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April to May
- Foliage:
- green
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 2a: -45.5 °C (-50 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width:
- height: 1 ft (0.3 m) width: 6 ft (1.8 m)
- Use:
- borders, containers, groundcover
The Common Bearberry is a carefree, low trailing shrub that is ideal in borders or containers. Paddle-shaped leathery leaves grow on flexible branches, and are green in the summer, and turn reddish purple in the fall. Fragrant white flowers are tinged with pink, and bloom in the summer. Bright red berries follow, and persist into winter. Add year round colour with this groundcover.
- Main interest:
- low maintenance, year round colour and bright red berries
- Exposure:
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil humidity:
- dry to moist soil
- Flower colour:
- white with pink
- Fragrance:
- Mildly fragrant
- Flowering period:
- April to May
- Foliage:
- green
- USDA Hardiness:
- zone 2a: -45.5 °C (-50 °F) View Zone Map
- Mature height & width:
- height: 1 ft (0.3 m) width: 6 ft (1.8 m)
- Use:
- borders, containers, groundcover
The Common Bearberry is a carefree, low trailing shrub that is ideal in borders or containers. Paddle-shaped leathery leaves grow on flexible branches, and are green in the summer, and turn reddish purple in the fall. Fragrant white flowers are tinged with pink, and bloom in the summer. Bright red berries follow, and persist into winter. Add year round colour with this groundcover.
Synonym(s): Arbutus uva-ursi, Arctostaphylos officinalis, Uva ursi procumbens
Also known as: Kinnikinnick, Bear Grape, Uva-ursi, Red Bearberry, Hog Cranberry, Mealberry, Mountain Box, Sandberry, Upland Cranberry


