The snowberry bush is an adaptable California native that enjoys moist or dry shade and most well-drained soils. It will also do well in cool sun. It can grow 3-6 feet wide and 3 feet tall. Its spring and summer blooms of bell-shaped pinkish-white flowers attract pollinators. The fall and winter white snowberries are mildly toxic to humans, cats, and dogs but serve as a food source for many birds.

S. mollis (Creeping Snowberry) reaches about 1-2 feet tall and slowly spreads by rooting stems to 4-5 feet wide.