Photo: Amédée Masclef — Public domain · source
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Survives zone 3 through 7
Bilberry — intensely flavoured, superior to blueberry, but small and fiddly.
- Hardiness
- Zone 3 to 7
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- July–Aug
- Mature size
- Low shrub 20–40 cm
- Light
- PARTIAL — genuinely shade-adapted woodland species, but crops far better in open light
- Soil pH
- 4.0–5.5 — ⚠ STRICTLY ACID-LOVING (calcifuge). Will die on alkaline soil; use ericaceous compost + rainwater
- Environment
- Temperate to boreal
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 3–4 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile