Ardisia japonica 'Hakuokan' - Pale pink to white-touched-pink starry flowers open in summer. One-quarter inch red berries adorn this broadleaf evergreen in winter. Birds like the fruits.

This is one of the best groundcovers for shade in the Deep South, spreading by underground rhizomes producing small pale pink flowers followed by a plethora of large red berries. This is the Confederacy’s answer to the Yankee’s Pachysandra.

Evergreen groundcover with burgundy new growth maturing to green with white margins. In mid to late summer, has small pale pink flowers. Reaching 12 to 18 inches tall by 30 to 36 inches wide. Produces berries that persist for months.

Japanese ardisia is an evergreen, low-growing shrub that measures 8-12 inches in height. The shrub spreads rapidly by runners that form a groundcover for shady areas. It can produce large colonies over time.

Ardisia Hakuokan Ardisia japonica 'Hakuokan' Showy evergreen groundcover with light green leaves edged in silver. New growth is tinted pink. Pink flowers are followed by red berries. Plant Details. Exposure : Part Shade to Shade: Height x Width : 6-8"H, 18"W: Water : Water as needed to keep soil moist:

Showy evergreen groundcover with light green leaves edged in silver. New growth is tinted pink. Pink flowers are followed by red berries.

Ardisia japonica, known as marlberry, [1] is a species of Ardisia native to eastern Asia, in eastern China, Japan and Korea. [2] It is a low-growing, spreading very quickly evergreen shrub 20–40 cm tall. The leaves are opposite or in whorls, ovate, 4–7 cm long and 1.5–4 cm broad, with a sharply serrated margin and an acute apex.

Plant database entry for Japanese Ardisia (Ardisia japonica White King™) with 2 images and 31 data details.

Japanese Ardisia features dainty clusters of pink star-shaped flowers with white overtones at the ends of the branches in mid spring. It has dark green evergreen foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring.

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