Virginia Creeper vs Bearberry - TreeTime.ca

Virginia Creeper vs Bearberry

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON - MIGHT RETURN

Virginia Creeper
Bearberry

Virginia Creeper is a fast-growing, climbing vine. Its root-like tendrils attach themselves to any non-smooth surface, even brick, but will also grow as a ground cover.

Virginia Creeper makes a beautiful ornamental plant for your garden; its attractive foliage turns from green to deep red in the fall. Birds will love its red berries.

Bearberry is a dwarf shrub known for its creamy pink flowers and red edible fruits.

It is great as a filler in gardens and flowerbeds in place of invasive ground cover plants, like English Ivy.

Bearberry will attract hummingbirds, butterflies and bees to your property. It is one of the top 12 plants recommended by the Alberta Native Bee Council to support pollinators.

Virginia Creeper Quick Facts

Bearberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1b
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: medium

Toxicity: berries are toxic

Foliage: leathery, evergreen
Fall colour: red and purple
Flowers: small, purple-white
Berries: small, hard, purple
Berries: small red berries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: five-finger, five-leaved ivy
Other Names: kinnikinnick, mealberry, sandberry