Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Lingonberry is a glossy evergreen groundcover of northern and alpine heath, bearing tart red berries famous in Scandinavian cooking. A handsome, cold-hardy mat for acidic soils and rock gardens.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- groundcover
- Native states
- AK, CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, VT, WI
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