Vaccinium Ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry

It provides a regional feel to our gardens and helps define the northwest landscape. 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.

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Vaccinium ovatum evergreen huckleberry

Beautiful foliage and edible fruit make this a must in most gardens. Vaccinium ovatum is a small to medium sized evergreen shrub native to the western pacific coast of the united states and coastal british columbia. California huckleberry evergreen huckleberry vaccinium ovatum a dicot is a shrub that is native to california is also found outside of california but is confined to western north america.

In spring its small leathery leaves have tones of copper and bronze and they. Vaccinium ovatum is one of the most versatile and underused native plants of the pacific northwest. Often found sprouting from nurse logs and growing in conjunction with red huckleberry vaccinium parvifolium.

There are about 450 species of vaccinium worldwide about 40 in north america with about 15 in the pacific northwest. The evergreen huckleberry is found in clearings and on the margins of evergreen forests from the western slopes of the cascades to the pacific ocean. They are popular with many species of birds especially in winter when food is more scarce and the berries are still on the plant.

Huckleberry vaccinium ovatum is a native shrub in the ericaceae heath family that grows along the coast primarily in northern and central california and northward into canada. Evergreen huckleberry in the spring the branches of evergreen huckleberry are covered with clusters of tiny pinkish white bell shaped flowers followed by tiny blue black fruit. Typically thought of as a woodland plant it performs equally well in full sun.

Used in the florist industry. It is slow growing and long lived. Dry moist exposure req.

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