Plant in light shade to coastal full sun with regular irrigation but it does better if planted in light shade with occasional irrigation. Tolerant of a wide range of soils. Cold hardy to less than 10° F.

Symphoricarpos 'Betsy's Berry' (SBBG # 02-271) was a plant discovered in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden by Elizabeth (Betsy) Collins, then the Living Collections Manager. It was initially thought to be a dark berried form of our California native Symphoricarpos mollis, but further research determined it to a form of the eastern Snowberry, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, often called the coral snowberry for its pink fruit, or a possibly a hybrid involving this species. The accession records at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, which normally are extremely thorough, do not indicate where this plant came from or when it was planted, though the stand of it in the Arroyo section of the garden indicates that it has been there for some time.

We grew and sold this plant from 2008 until 2010 thinking it a color variant of our native Snowberry and discontinued production of it when it was discovered not to be. 

The information displayed on this page about Symphoricarpos 'Betsy's Berry' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.