Photographs: Co. Cork

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Póirín sneachta Family: Caprifoliaceae Flowering: June-September. Deciduous shrub. Introduced. Garden escape. The small terminal spikes of rosy-pink flowers are in groups of 3-7 and have persistent calyx teeth. Followed by round white berries. Leaves are rounded-oval and sometimes lobed, dark green but paler on undersides. Spreading, suckering growth habit and can spread extensively. Widespread, a common garden escape on roadsides, waste ground and in woodland. Introduced from N. America.

Snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus, Póirín sneachta