White Indigo Berry

Fruit is a white berry with indigo pulp.



Specimen plant. Shrub border or foundation plant. Will tolerate shearing. Valued for its shiny foliage and dense branching.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).

Often produces spines at the bases of leaves.

Fruits attract birds.

Also used for cover.

Edges of coastal hammocks, pine rocklands, rocky flats.

• Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns
• Nectar plant for Schaus' swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus) and other butterflies.
• Larval host plant for tantalus sphinx (Aellopus tantalus) moths.