Description
Small, broad, fast growing, deciduous shrub (H 1-1,3 m, W 1-1,5 m), spreads by underground sprouts. Branches dark grey-brown, upright to arching. Young shoots light brown. Leaves ovate (2-3 cm), smooth, dark green. Flowers numerous, tiny (0,6 cm), pink. Flowering period: June. Fruits ovate to round (0,4-1 cm), fleshy, partly hollow, smooth, red-pink, pink, light pink to white, 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 × doorenbosii is a cross S. albus var. laevigatus × S. × chenaultii.