Photo: Jonas Bergsten — Public domain · source
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Survives zone 2 through 6
Lingonberry — sharply tart; superb cooked as a sauce/preserve.
- Hardiness
- Zone 2 to 6
- Habit
- Groundcover
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Two crops: summer and autumn
- Mature size
- Low evergreen mat; ideal in containers
- Light
- Full sun to partial; afternoon shade in heat
- Soil pH
- 4.0–5.5 — ⚠ STRICTLY ACID-LOVING (calcifuge). Will die on alkaline soil; use ericaceous compost + rainwater
- Environment
- Arctic and boreal
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a partner