Red Berry Stopper (Eugenia confusa)
Regular price $99.95Bring a fresh splash of color to your garden or patio with Red Berry Stopper! This stunning, endangered evergreen is native to Florida and the Caribbean, and will grow 15-25 feet tall in your space. Feel the glossy leaves and sharp tips between your fingers while you inhale its captivating white musky scent. Delight in its spring and summer flowers and watch them burst into bright red berries in the fall. Red Berry Stopper is perfect for a shade tree, privacy hedge, or container plant and provides great cover for wildlife.
Plant Type:
Tropical/Subtropical Perennial Evergreen Fruit Tree/Fruiting Shrub
Harvest Season:
Spring, Summer, depending on variety
Mature Size:
6-25 ft tall, depending on variety
Soil & Moisture:
Likes moist, rich well-draining soil.
Light Requirements:
Full Sun, Part Shade
Self-Fertile:
Yes
Growth Rate:
Fast, Medium
Zone Hardiness:
Outdoors 9-12 with frost protection until established; Patio/Greenhouse 4+
Propagation:
Small/Medium Pot Sizes: Grown from seed or tissue culture and will be mature enough to potentially fruit within 2-3 years.
Large Pot Size: Grown from seed or tissue culture and capable to produce within 1 year.
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Shop all of our Eugenia varieties.
Plant Type:
Evergreen Fruiting Tree
Harvest Season:
Summer, Fall
The overall look and size of your Simpson's Stopper plant will depend on the amount of sun it's exposed to. When planted in full sun, Simpson's Stopper forms a densely growing plant that makes a great hedge. In partial shade, the foliage is slightly less dense and affords a better view of the exfoliating bark and super cool branching.
Soil & Moisture:
Prefers well-draining soil but can also handle slight periods of standing water AND is highly drought tolerant. This here is one hardy shrub!
Light Requirements:
Full Sun, Part Shade
Self-Fertile:
Yes
Growth Rate:
Fast
Zone Hardiness:
Outdoors 8-11(with frost protection below zone 8); Patio/Greenhouse 4+
Propagation:
Grown from seed, ready to harvest within 2-3 years
