Bearberry is a beautiful native evergreen shrub with creeping stems that forms a dense mat. Its teardrop shaped deep green foliage emerges chartreuse and earns bronze to burgundy tones in winter. The small bell shaped flowers can be pink or white and bloom in early spring. Attractive red berries display in fall and winter. Grows best in poor, dry to average, well-drained acidic soils. Tolerates drought, salt, and poor soils.
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Type:
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Groundcover, Shrub
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Height:
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0.5' - 1'
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Spread:
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3' - 6’
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Spacing:
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4’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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3 - 7
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Pink/White
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Fall, Year-Round
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. No serious pests or diseases. Moist or wet soils can lead to root rot.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Edges, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Landscapes, Xeriscape Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Feather Grass, Catmint, Mexican Daisy
IMAGES: Isidre blanc, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI - BÒFIA - IB-475 (Boixerola), CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Walter Siegmund (talk), Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 38452, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Robert Flogaus-Faust, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 2 RF, CC BY 4.0, (4) Isidre blanc, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI - BÒFIA - IB-957 (Boixerola), CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Isidre blanc, ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI - BÒFIA - IB-478 (Boixerola), CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
