| Scientific Name: | Symphoricarpos albus |
| Common Name: | snowberry |
| Family Name: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, White, Sep-Oct-Nov-Dec |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Twiggy shrub; leaves opposite, broadly ovate-elliptic, 2-5(-7)cm long x 1.5-3(-6)cm wide margin entire to irregularly lobed and wavy; flowers 5-7mm wide, 5 pinkish-white petals, with white hairs on inside. Winter ID: branches fine, twiggy; buds opposite; berries ~1cm round, white, persistent. | |