Photo: Walter Siegmund — CC BY 2.5 · source
Survives zone 6 through 9
Blueberry sweet; lingonberry/cranberry tart (cook); bilberry intense but tiny.
- Hardiness
- Zone 6 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- July–Sept
- Mature size
- Low shrub/groundcover; EXCELLENT in containers (contains the acidity)
- Light
- Shade to partial — a forest understory species, but more sun means more fruit
- Soil pH
- 4.0–5.5 — ⚠ STRICTLY ACID-LOVING (calcifuge). Will die on alkaline soil; use ericaceous compost + rainwater
- Environment
- Coastal forest
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a 2nd cultivar