Christmasberry (Lycium carolinianum)Christmasberry is a woody evergreen shrub, a wetland species that is highly salt tolerant. It can grow 3 8' tall. It is best suited for coastal landscapes, but is very adaptable and can be acclimated to a variety of sites. It loves the sun and produces delicate flowers that vary in color from bluish white to deep lavender. Flowers typically appear in the fall, although in the Tampa Bay area they can flower intermittently throughout the year. In my

its berries serve as a valuable food source for both birds and mammals

Best grown in medium moisture

to its blossoms

Fruit color: brown

It is not salt tolerant - it will tolerate salty wind but not direct salt spray

It is native to Florida and most of tropical America

providing multiple ways to introduce it into native gardens

Moisture level: moist to dry

and is drought tolerant

It will self-seed in optimum growing conditions

You can purchase it at the last minute and still give a great gift

It propagates through both seed and division