Charming Fantasy™ Snowberry
Symphoricarpos 'Kolcharm' P.P.# 13204
Light pink summer blooms are followed by an abundant crop of large white fruit beginning in fall. A unique specimen in the winter garden when leafless stems are covered in attractive fruit; plant where it can be seen from indoors. Berries provide food for migrating birds. Cut stems last two weeks in floral arrangements. Deciduous.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | sim-for-ee-KAR-poss |
| Key feature: | Ornamental Berries |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing 4 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care, North American Native, Ornamental Berries, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 1767 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear to shape in early spring. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Native, Snowberries are essential to North American wild landscapes because they naturalize so well. A superbly beautiful addition to wildlife habitat gardens as a late season food source for many species. Improved color and form has boosted them into high status in traditional shrub borders for late season interest. Plant as a low informal hedge or arrange in irregular groupings. A fresh new candidate for foundation planting. Add to any garden for a ready supply of colorful cut berry sprays for autumn decorating.
Companion Plants
Snowberry works well with other northern natives in wild or tame garden settings. Pair with Apple Serviceberry, Witch Hazel, American Cranberrybush, Hyssop, Bunchberry and Potentilla. Offset the beautiful blush berries with fall colored foliage plants like Dogwood, Northern Highbush Blueberry and Deutzia.
History
Symphoricarpos are native to North America and were first improved by the breeding work of G.A. Doorenbos in the 1940's. The native habitat runs from Nova Scotia to Alberta, south to Minnesota and Virginia and in the western North America from Southwestern Alaska to Southern California. Snowberry is a member of the Honeysuckle family and got its name from the inside of the fruit which looks like snow when broken open. Charming Fantasy came to Monrovia from a breeding program in the Netherlands where it is prized in the cut flower industry. Virtually all Native American tribes within its range used this plant as a medicinal for treating a wide variety of illnesses from upset stomach to eye inflammation. It is warned that ingestion of the berries could cause mild illness and is not advised.
Light pink summer blooms are followed by an abundant crop of large white fruit beginning in fall. A unique specimen in the winter garden when leafless stems are covered in attractive fruit; plant where it can be seen from indoors. Berries provide food for migrating birds. Cut stems last two weeks in floral arrangements. Deciduous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear to shape in early spring. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
Native, Snowberries are essential to North American wild landscapes because they naturalize so well. A superbly beautiful addition to wildlife habitat gardens as a late season food source for many species. Improved color and form has boosted them into high status in traditional shrub borders for late season interest. Plant as a low informal hedge or arrange in irregular groupings. A fresh new candidate for foundation planting. Add to any garden for a ready supply of colorful cut berry sprays for autumn decorating.
Companion Plants
Snowberry works well with other northern natives in wild or tame garden settings. Pair with Apple Serviceberry, Witch Hazel, American Cranberrybush, Hyssop, Bunchberry and Potentilla. Offset the beautiful blush berries with fall colored foliage plants like Dogwood, Northern Highbush Blueberry and Deutzia.
History
Symphoricarpos are native to North America and were first improved by the breeding work of G.A. Doorenbos in the 1940's. The native habitat runs from Nova Scotia to Alberta, south to Minnesota and Virginia and in the western North America from Southwestern Alaska to Southern California. Snowberry is a member of the Honeysuckle family and got its name from the inside of the fruit which looks like snow when broken open. Charming Fantasy came to Monrovia from a breeding program in the Netherlands where it is prized in the cut flower industry. Virtually all Native American tribes within its range used this plant as a medicinal for treating a wide variety of illnesses from upset stomach to eye inflammation. It is warned that ingestion of the berries could cause mild illness and is not advised.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | sim-for-ee-KAR-poss |
| Key feature: | Ornamental Berries |
| Plant type: | Shrub |
| Patent Act: | Asexual reproduction of plants protected by the Plant Patent Act is prohibited during the life of the patent. |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 7 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing 4 ft. tall and wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attribute: | Flowers for Cutting |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care, North American Native, Ornamental Berries, Year-round Interest |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Pink |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 1767 |
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