Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Kolcam'

If your landscape and gardens could use some vibrant color during the fall and winter, the Candy Coralberry is a hybrid of a North American native deciduous flowering shrub anyone in USDA Zones 4 to 9 can easily grow and enjoy year round, but especially during the cool season. In summer it features a profusion of bell-shaped pink flowers the butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators will thank you for. Following the flowers is an equally amazing profusion of pink colored pearl-like berries that will turn heads and capture the attention of many bird species as well who will feast on them through fall and winter. The berries contain saponin, which the birds don't seem to mind, but it makes them taste like soap to humans. Needless to say, we don't advise eating them! Attractive blue-green eucalyptus-like foliage through the season on upright arching branches contrasts beautifully with the berries, and berried branches are ideal for cutting and display in floral arrangements. Amazingly pretty yet tough, adaptable, and easy to grow in USDA Zones 4-9, and reaching maybe 2.5 feet tall and equally as wide, the Candy Coralberry is a cheery accent in small garden spaces or containers or in groupings or as a natural and colorful hedge where space allows. A perfect plant for the winter garden.