Hancock’s Coralberry

Hancock’s Coralberry has to be one of the very best groundcover shrubs available. Growing no more than 2 feet tall, and often less, it forms a dense, weed-proof carpet of branches, with one plant growing over 6 feet across. Small pink flowers in summer are followed by clusters of berries that begin white and then turn purple-pink. These last well through fall and winter. Plant it on banks and slopes beneath trees or beside water, in wet or dry areas. Use it to carpet rocky ground or fill in the foreground of large shrub beds. Where you have large areas to cover, this shrub is the answer.

• Dense carpet of spreading branches
• Pink flowers among the leaves in summer
• Small purple-pink berries are decorative from early fall through winter
• Great groundcover for all light levels
• Disease-resistant foliage is always fresh and clean

Plant Hancock’s Coralberry in all light levels, from full sun to full shade. It grows in all soils, from dry, poor ground to wet areas with poor drainage. The dense growth prevents soil erosion, and the leaves are free of leaf-spots and mildew.