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Vaccinium ovatum - Evergreen Huckleberry - Ericaceae (The Heath Family)
Vaccinium ovatum - Evergreen Huckleberry - Vaccinium ovatum is a handsome BC native plant known as evergreen huckleberry that offers edible fruit.
Vaccinium ovatum - Vaccinium ovatum is a handsome BC native plant known as evergreen huckleberry that offers edible fruit.


 
9cm
Price: $8.99
Zone Hardiness: 7-9
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade, Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Flower Colour: Pink


Availability: Shipping begins in May/June when plants are ready.
Product Code: 12976
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Vaccinium ovatum is a handsome BC native plant known as evergreen huckleberry that has many uses in the garden. The foliage is small, ovate, evergreen and glossy and tinted with red when young maturing to dark green. The pink to white, urn-shaped flowers give way to showy, edible dark blue to near-black berries in late summer. Self-fertile. Use as an informal hedge, specimen, and in pots on the patio. Hummingbird, bee, and butterfly attractor. Deer resistant.
Details
  • Class: Evergreen
  • Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
  • Flowering Time: Late Spring
  • Fragrant: No
  • Foliage Colour: Good Fall Colour, Green, Burgundy/Red/Purple
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Bees
  • Habitat: Dry to moist open forests from sea level into the montane zones from BC to California.
  • Geographical Origin: Americas - North America
  • BC Native: Yes


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