Coralberry

I’m happy to share one of my favorite perennial foliages this week! Coralberry is rated for zones 3-7, making it a nice cold hardy option for many farmer florists.

I love its blue-green-toned foliage and the adorable sturdy pink berries that form in the fall. They are at their peak when almost everything else outside in the gardens is starting to fade. And the berries don’t easily drop— they cling in clusters to the branches and add great color to arrangements!

Coralberry is great for use in many kinds of floral design work. We use it in bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages, flower crowns, installations, centerpieces— you name it! Our first harvests from the coralberry shrubs are in midsummer, and we keep cutting on it through the first frosts. Any branches that have not been cut back during the summer will be graced with pink berries in the fall.

Our coralberry variety is ‘Proud Berry’, sourced from Spring Meadow nursery. Quick sourcing tip: Wholesale nurseries like Spring Meadow can have significant order quantity minimums for spring delivery. I find that those minimums can come down some in the fall. At that point (now) you may find that you can place smaller orders as they look to move their stock before the winter.

Coralberry can grow from dropped seeds. We occasionally see that happen. They can also be divided by separating some of the branches that emerge from roots that are running out from the plant.

Take a look at this versatile plant to add easy, sturdy foliage to your designs in the summer and the sweet color of pink berries in the fall.

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