Kinnikinnick Uva-Ursi

Kinnikinnick, also known as bear-berry, is a low-growing, drought-tolerant evergreen groundcover that is native to North America and Europe. Have a place you hate to mow? A boring parking strip? A retaining wall or rockery that could use a cascade of green? Kinnikinnick is a great choice. It's low maintenance, drought tolerant, and a pal to birds (like evening grosbeaks and hummingbirds) and insects (like bees and brown elfin butterflies). This mat-forming shrub has woody reddish-brown branches, 6 to 8 inches tall. Its pinkish clusters of hanging bell-shaped flowers appear from March to June.