About

Mitchella repens, the partridge berry, is a small, prostrate, evergreen subshrub with creeping stems that root as they go and small, rounded, dark-green leaves often with paler veins. Aromatic, pink and/or white flowers appear in pairs in early to midsummer, followed by long-lasting, bright-red berries. A charming native North American ground-cover plant for a cool, moist, shaded woodland garden.

About the genus

Mitchella are creeping, mat-forming evergreen subshrubs with small, dark, glossy leaves, small, fragrant, pink or white flowers and red berries. Native to woodland in North America and Japan.

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