Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago Shrub Zones 2–8 12–18 ft
Shares the forest understory, old fields and edges in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Coralberry
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus. Shrub, 2 to 6 feet, zones 2 to 7; full sun, part shade or shade; dry, average or wet ground.
We do not grow coralberry, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Indian currant, Indiancurrant coralberry |
|---|---|
| Form | Shrub |
| Height, feet | 2 to 6 |
| Spread, feet | Up to 8 |
| Zones | 2 to 7 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry, average or wet ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Wildlife value, hedge or screen, salt tolerant, winter interest, erosion control |
| Flowers | July to August |
| Fruit | Drupes, September to March |
| Pollination | Needs a second, unrelated plant. Coralberry sets fruit only with pollen from a second, unrelated plant, so plant seedlings from different parents. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Toxicity | The fruit is poisonous to people. |
| Ground | Floodplain forests, the forest understory, old fields and edges |
| Native in | 26 states |
Coralberry is native in 26 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from Silvics of North America and NatureServe Explorer. The USDA PLANTS Database also records it growing wild beyond that range in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, where it is naturalized, not native.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place How many to plant for a crop of seed Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its height How a big one scores by the champion-tree formula
For the same ground, we grow
These shrubs we grow share the most of coralberry's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Limber Honeysuckle
Lonicera dioica Shrub Zones 3–7 3–10 ft
Shares the forest understory, old fields and edges in the wild.
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa Shrub Zones 4–8 4–10 ft
Shares the forest understory, old fields and edges in the wild.
Roughleaf Dogwood
Cornus drummondii Shrub Zones 5–8 6–15 ft
Shares floodplain forests, old fields and edges in the wild.
Needle Palm
Rhapidophyllum hystrix Shrub Zones 6–10 3–6 ft
Shares floodplain forests and the forest understory in the wild.
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor Shrub Zones 7–10 4–10 ft
Shares floodplain forests and the forest understory in the wild.
Read from
Its figures come from Silvics of North America, NC State Extension, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Morton Arboretum, the Wildflower Center, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database and the University of Connecticut's plant database.