Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Fireballs' - P9

Description
The Cowberry 'Fireballs' (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) produces red, large berries. These are sweet and tart in flavour. Humus-rich, sandy, acidic, moist to wet soil and a sunny to semi-shady location create the ideal conditions for a high-yielding harvest from July. Its light pink flowers are a beautiful sight. With its dense and overhanging growth, the Cowberry 'Fireballs' grows to around 30 cm high and 30 cm wide, making it ideal for growing in pots on balconies or terraces.

Bulletpoints
* sweet-sour, tart flavour * tolerates pruning

leaves
The evergreen leaves of the Cowberry 'Fireballs' are medium green, ovate, leathery, alternate.

Spread
Siberia to Scandinavia.

Frost hardiness
The Cowberry 'Fireballs' has good frost hardiness.

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

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 'Fireballs' 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 abundantly throughout the summer. Well-rooted plants only require additional water in extremely dry conditions.

Flower
The light pink, bell-shaped flowers of Cowberry 'Fireballs' 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, large 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 'Fireballs' is a shallow-rooted plant and, depending on the soil, forms stoloniferous, sparsely branched roots.