Description
Small, broad, fast growing, deciduous shrub (H 0,7-1 m, W 1-1,5 m), spreads by underground sprouts. Branches dark grey-brown, dense, open, arching. Leaves ovate to round (2 cm), smooth, mid green, underneath light green, slightly hairy. Flowers numerous, tiny (0,3 cm), pink. Flowering period: June-September. Fruits globose (up to 1 cm), fleshy, partly hollow, smooth, red pink, pink to light pink, very numerous, decorative; fruits persist on branches long into winter. Undemanding, well-growing and healthy ground-covering shrub, normally withstands cold, heat, drought, urban conditions, mechanical damage and pruning. Symphoricarpos × chenaultii is a cross S. microphyllus × S. orbiculatus.