Vaccinium vitis-idaea - 20-25 CM C2

Bulletpoints
* sweet-sour, tart flavour * tolerates pruning

Growth habit
Cowberry is a dense and overhanging dwarf shrub that can reach a height of 20 - 30 cm and a width of 20 - 30 cm.

Water
The plant needs plenty of water. Do not allow the soil to dry out.

Pruning
This plant is tolerant of pruning.

Location
Preferred location in a sunny to semi-shady position.

Soil
Vaccinium vitis-idaea prefers nutrient-rich, sufficiently moist soil. Commercially available container plant soil.

Planting time
Container plants can be planted all year round, except when the soil is frozen and in summer heat (over 30°C).

Care
Fruit trees planted in spring must be watered generously throughout the summer. Well-rooted plants only require additional water in extremely dry conditions.

Flower
The light pink, bell-shaped flowers appear in clusters from May to June. With the right care, re-flowering from the end of August to the beginning of September.

fruit
The red berries have a sweet-sour, tart flavour. The berries are round. Ripening time from July.

Use
Tubs, consumption, ground cover, bog bed, jam, cooking

Root
Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a shallow-rooted plant and, depending on the soil, forms stoloniferous, sparsely branched roots.