Seasonal Wild Flowers

Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Caprifoliaceae

Common Snowberry, White Coralberry

June to September

It is found throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Snowberry

It is a neophyte from the US and was planted in the UK

in the 1710s and has been naturalised since the 1860s.

It grows in woods, scrub, hedges and on waste ground,

where it can form dense thickets.

Snowberry is a bushy, rhizomatous shrub growing up

to 3m.

The flowers are pink, bell-shaped, 4- to 5-merous, and

up to 8mm.

Fruits are highly visible white berries (1-1.5cm), in

clusters.

Leaves are oval, dull-green and greyish, distinctly

veined and up to 4cm.

Snowberry bush in hedge

Flowers and leaves

Close-up of flowers

Flowers and developing berries

Berries in several stages of development

Fully developed fruits (berries)