Point Reyes Bearberry

‘Point Reyes’ is super-tough with superb heat and drought tolerance. Spreading, mat-forming evergreen shrub; thick, dark green, rounded and trailing-to-arching, snake-like branches and small, leathery leaves. It grows from 1.5′ tall and 4-6′ wide.

Great in full sun on the coast or with a little shade inland, it produces sweet clusters of small bell-shaped, pearly white to pale pink flowers blooming mid-Spring followed by red berries late summer to fall.

Flowers attract bees; fruits are eaten by birds; in winter the foliage turns a beautiful russet bronze-red. Beautiful in foundation plantings, rock gardens or mixed borders.

Cultivars such as this are horticultural selections and hybrids, they do not play a part in the native ecology but work beautifully in a garden.

Lifeform: Shrub

Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade

Water: Dry, Light, Moderate

Soil: Clay, Loam, Rocky, Sand

Other: Attracts Bees, Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Erosion Control