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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
BEARBERRY, KINNIKINNICK
SKU: 2445-005
Common names include Bearberry, Sandberry, Kinnikinick and Mountain Box. Kinnikinnick is a common name in Canada and the United States.
It is an attractive year-round evergreen groundcover for gardens, and is useful for controlling erosion on hillsides and slopes due to its deep roots. It is tolerant of sun and dry soils, and is thus common groundcover in urban areas, in naturalized areas, and in native plant or rock gardens.
Clusters of urn-shaped flowers are white to pink, and bloom in spring and early summer. The red fruits persist on the plant into early winter.
Distribution in North America is from arctic Alaska, Canada and Greenland, south to California, north coast, central High Sierra Nevada (above Convict Lake, Mono County, California), Central Coast, California, San Francisco Bay Area, to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains; and the Appalachian Mountains in the northeast United States. It is prevalent across all regions of British Columbia and Alberta. They are also in Europe and Asia.
The plant is rare or endangered in several states of the Midwestern United States.
Type: Hardy perennial, shrub
Hardiness zones: 2-8
Height: 6", 15cm
Location: Sun or part shade
Seeds per packet: 5
Common names include Bearberry, Sandberry, Kinnikinick and Mountain Box. Kinnikinnick is a common name in Canada and the United States.
It is an attractive year-round evergreen groundcover for gardens, and is useful for controlling erosion on hillsides and slopes due to its deep roots. It is tolerant of sun and dry soils, and is thus common groundcover in urban areas, in naturalized areas, and in native plant or rock gardens.
Clusters of urn-shaped flowers are white to pink, and bloom in spring and early summer. The red fruits persist on the plant into early winter.
Distribution in North America is from arctic Alaska, Canada and Greenland, south to California, north coast, central High Sierra Nevada (above Convict Lake, Mono County, California), Central Coast, California, San Francisco Bay Area, to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains; and the Appalachian Mountains in the northeast United States. It is prevalent across all regions of British Columbia and Alberta. They are also in Europe and Asia.
The plant is rare or endangered in several states of the Midwestern United States.
Type: Hardy perennial, shrub
Hardiness zones: 2-8
Height: 6", 15cm
Location: Sun or part shade
Seeds per packet: 5
