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Common Snowberry vs Purple Leaf Sand CherrySymphoricarpos albus Prunus x cistena SOLD OUT ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW 
Common Snowberry is a small deciduous shrub with characteristic white to pink flowers and clusters of white fruit.
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once. COMMON SNOWBERRY QUICK FACTSPURPLE LEAF SAND CHERRY QUICK FACTS
Zone:
1a
Zone:
3a
Height:
0.9 m (3 ft)
Height:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture:
dry, normal
Moisture:
dry, normal
Light:
full sun
Light:
any
Fall colour:
dark red
Berries:
white waxy berry-like drupes
Flowers:
pink to white flowers in spring
Flowers:
produces single pinkish flowers
Bark:
red-brown shredded bark
Bark:
smooth dark red to purple bark
Growth rate:
fast
Growth rate:
medium
Life span:
30 years +
Life span:
short
Maintenance:
low
Suckering:
none
Suckering:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: berries toxic to humans Toxicity: the leaves and seed contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide but are seldom consumed in any quantity
Other Names:
common snowberry
Other Names:
purpleleaf sandcherry
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: yes
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: no |