Bog Blueberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of Mongolia, northern China, the Korean Peninsula and central Japan in Asia, and the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in North America.
This small deciduous shrub bears pale pink pendulous, urn-shaped flowers in the spring. The fruit is a dark blue-black berry with a white flesh, edible and sweet when ripe in late summer.
The seeds require 5 month cold moist stratification followed by 5 months of warm stratification. If the seeds are planted directly into outdoor cold frames in the autumn in the correct zone, the stratification process can be eliminated. Germination is slow, some sprouting occurs the following spring, while others may take a full year to germinate. The shrubs prefer a marshy area, but can adapt to other conditions if planted in loamy soil and kept well-watered.
Vaccinium uliginosum
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of Mongolia, northern China, the Korean Peninsula and central Japan in Asia, and the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in North America.
This small deciduous shrub bears pale pink pendulous, urn-shaped flowers in the spring. The fruit is a dark blue-black berry with a white flesh, edible and sweet when ripe in late summer.
The seeds require 5 month cold moist stratification followed by 5 months of warm stratification. If the seeds are planted directly into outdoor cold frames in the autumn in the correct zone, the stratification process can be eliminated. Germination is slow, some sprouting occurs the following spring, while others may take a full year to germinate. The shrubs prefer a marshy area, but can adapt to other conditions if planted in loamy soil and kept well-watered.
Vaccinium uliginosum
zones 2-4
35 seeds
Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of Mongolia, northern China, the Korean Peninsula and central Japan in Asia, and the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in North America.
This small deciduous shrub bears pale pink pendulous, urn-shaped flowers in the spring. The fruit is a dark blue-black berry with a white flesh, edible and sweet when ripe in late summer.
The seeds require 5 month cold moist stratification followed by 5 months of warm stratification. If the seeds are planted directly into outdoor cold frames in the autumn in the correct zone, the stratification process can be eliminated. Germination is slow, some sprouting occurs the following spring, while others may take a full year to germinate. The shrubs prefer a marshy area, but can adapt to other conditions if planted in loamy soil and kept well-watered.