Frangula californica ‘Leatherleaf’
Native to the chaparral and oak woodlands of California and southwestern Oregon, California Coffeeberry is a handsome broadleaf evergreen shrub that deserves to be grown more widely. This dense, multi-stemmed shrub forms a rounded mound and features large, glossy foliage and showy burgundy fruit. The selection ‘Leatherleaf’ is a compact form that sports tough leaves and reddish stems. California Coffeeberry is an ideal choice for a low-water hedge, for difficult slopes, or as a broadleaf planting in a xeric garden.
California Coffeeberry is extremely drought tolerant once established and rarely needs pruning or shaping. Purportedly this plant is deer resistant. Plants grow to between six and eight feet high and wide and prefer full or part sun. California Coffeeberry is adaptable to most soils.
Cold hardy to USDA zone 7b or to 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
For sale are 1 gallon potted plants
Frangula californica ‘Leatherleaf’
Native to the chaparral and oak woodlands of California and southwestern Oregon, California Coffeeberry is a handsome broadleaf evergreen shrub that deserves to be grown more widely. This dense, multi-stemmed shrub forms a rounded mound and features large, glossy foliage and showy burgundy fruit. The selection ‘Leatherleaf’ is a compact form that sports tough leaves and reddish stems. California Coffeeberry is an ideal choice for a low-water hedge, for difficult slopes, or as a broadleaf planting in a xeric garden.
California Coffeeberry is extremely drought tolerant once established and rarely needs pruning or shaping. Purportedly this plant is deer resistant. Plants grow to between six and eight feet high and wide and prefer full or part sun. California Coffeeberry is adaptable to most soils.
Cold hardy to USDA zone 7b or to 5 degrees Fahrenheit.
For sale are 1 gallon potted plants
