My dear friend Will came to visit from back East (it snows there!) so I figured I'd show him what November in California looks like. We headed out to Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland hills the day after a rainstorm and came across a parade of Symphoricarpos albus cheering us along the path. Hooray! Each Fall, Snowberry graces the shady hills with bright spots of white berries at the ends of arching branches reminding me of the way Maidenhair Ferns hold themselves. Quite the ballerina.
I have to admit, these characters looked a tidge scraggly, but I'm thinking they would behave themselves better in garden conditions.
Soil: Moist and light clay I would think. This one forms a great root system and would be great on slopes
Sun: Dappled shade
Plant: Try it now or perhaps after the berries are done
Good for: a backdrop of grace for a slightly moist shady spot
