Vaccinium Ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry

Evergreen shrub 3 5 8 ft 0 9 1 5 2 4 m neat erect compact generally but can have erratic growth habit e g some long erect shoots. Vaccinium ovatum is a true huckleberry plant growing well in shade or sun and thriving in acidic soils.

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Vaccinium ovatum evergreen huckleberry!!!

A profusion of pink and white flowers lead to an abundant crop of tasty dark blue fruit. Native to or naturalized in oregon. It is surprising we do not grow this shrub more often in the pacific northwest. There are about 450 species of vaccinium worldwide about 40 in.

Part shade shade. Beautiful foliage and edible fruit make this a must in most gardens. Upright branches are densely covered with leathery toothed evergreen leaves and small white pink urn shaped flowers emerge in spring. An upright evergreen broad leaved shrub that typically grows 2 3 tall in the sun but up to 10 in height if grown in full shade.

This remarkable evergreen native shrub is valuable in the landscape. Not needing much sun the plant has a wide variety of forest homes. Evergreen huckleberry is also called california huckleberry evergreen blueberry or box blueberry. Vaccinium ovatum evergreen huckleberry.

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