Am I the only one who doesn't love this shrub? I cut it back to about 12 inches in the spring but it gets huge. By late summer, the leaves are pretty dingy. The berries are nice but the shrub, as a whole, looks pretty tattered. Also, it seems to spread. I have shoots coming up on all sides. It's a vigorous grower (at least for me) but I am really not impressed with the look of it....aside from the berries which even look a little brown and dingy. Just not a pretty plant for me...unfortunately.
Proud Berry® Coralberry Symphoricarpos
Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
- Sun
Flower Season
- Summer
- Fall
Mature Size
Height: 3' - 4'
Spread: 3' - 4'
Height: 91cm - 1.2m
Spread: 91cm - 1.2m
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Details
36 - 48 Inches36 - 48 Inches36 - 48 Inches91cm - 1.2m91cm - 1.2m91cm - 1.2mFeatures
Make autumn more colorful with plump, pink fruit!
Proud Berry® coralberry makes it unbelievably easy to fill your landscape with these unique pink berries, guaranteed to turn heads. Cute, rounded, bluish-green leaves look handsome all season, then, in late summer, bell-shaped flowers appear. As the season changes to autumn, the flowers develop into large dark pink berries, the color intensifying with cold weather. As pretty as it is, this North American native is also amazingly tough, effortlessly fending off deer, cold weather, and problem soils. The fruit is not edible, but may be eaten by birds in mid-late winter. This plant makes an excellent cut flower for fall arrangements.
Top reasons to grow Proud Berry® coral berry:
- Very showy fruit in fall
- Makes an excellent cut flower
- Exceptionally hardy and tough
Long BloomingProduces BerriesFall InterestDeadheading Not NecessaryErosion ControlResists:DeerNative to North AmericaCharacteristics
Plant Type:ShrubShrub Type:DeciduousHeight Category:MediumGarden Height:36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2mSpacing:36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2mSpread:36 - 48 Inches 91cm - 1.2mFlower Colors:PinkFlower Colors:WhiteFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Shade:Bluish-greenHabit:UprightContainer Role:FillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunLight Requirement:SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBlooms On:New WoodBloom Time:Late SummerBloom Time:Early FallBloom Time:Mid FallHardiness Zones:3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7bWater Category:AverageUses:Border PlantUses:Cut FlowerUses:Good for ScreeningUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses:Specimen or Focal PointMaintenance Notes:For the very best fruit set on Proud Berry® coral berry, plant in full sun. Each spring, just as the new growth begins to appear on the stems, cut the entire plant back to about 12" (.3 m) tall, and prune out any dead wood.
Fun Facts:Proud Berry® was developed by Catharina Marie Hoekstra-Arisz in the Netherlands; it is an improved version of Amethyst™ coral berry.
Proud Berry® Symphoricarpos 'Sofie' USPP 21,226 -
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