Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa Shrub Zones 4–8 4–10 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus. Shrub, 2 to 6 feet, zones 3 to 7; full sun, part shade or shade; dry, average or wet ground.
We do not grow snowberry, 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 | Common snowberry, white snowberry, upright snowberry, white coralberry |
|---|---|
| Form | Shrub |
| Height, feet | 2 to 6 |
| Spread, feet | Up to 6 |
| Zones | 3 to 7 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry, average or wet ground |
| Growth | Fast |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Wildlife value, hedge or screen, salt tolerant, winter interest, erosion control |
| Flowers | May to September |
| Fruit | Drupes, August to March |
| Pollination | Not known whether one bears alone |
| Planting season | Spring |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Toxicity | The berries are poisonous to people. |
| Ground | Rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks |
| Native in | 29 states and the District of Columbia |
Snowberry is native in 29 states and the District of Columbia: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the District of Columbia. 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 Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah and Vermont, 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 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 snowberry's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Roughleaf Dogwood
Cornus drummondii Shrub Zones 5–8 6–15 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)
Zanthoxylum americanum Shrub Zones 3–8 10–20 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
Saskatoon
Amelanchier alnifolia Shrub Zones 2–9 3–26 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
Clove Currant
Ribes aureum var. villosum Shrub Zones 2–7 3–10 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
Streambank Mock Orange
Philadelphus hirsutus Shrub Zones 4–10 3–10 ft
Shares rocky ground, dry uplands and stream banks in the wild.
Read from
Its figures come from the USDA PLANTS Database, NC State Extension, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Morton Arboretum, the Wildflower Center, the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual and the University of Connecticut's plant database.