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Vaccinium macrocarpon
Large cranberry, American cranberry or bearberry is a low growing vine or trailing broadleaf evergreen with white to pink blooms in late spring to early summer. Best grown in damp to boggy soil, it can be used as a ground cover for boggy or marshy areas with acidic soils. The berries mature in August-November. This plant is intolerant of heat and drought. The leaves are a larval food source for the bog copper butterfly, the flowers are visited by bees, and the fruits are eaten by birds.
Height: 0.25 to 0.50’
Spread: 1.00 to 6.00’
Pot size: 1 qt.
Bloom time: May to June
Light: Full sun
Moisture: medium to wet
Attracts: Flowers are visited by bees, and the fruits are eaten by birds
Deer resistant: high to moderate resistance
Companion plants: Highbush blueberries, azaleas, and rhododendrons
Photo: Lady Bird Johnson, Anderson, Wynn
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Large cranberry, American cranberry or bearberry is a low growing vine or trailing broadleaf evergreen with white to pink blooms in late spring to early summer. Best grown in damp to boggy soil, it can be used as a ground cover for boggy or marshy areas with acidic soils. The berries mature in August-November. This plant is intolerant of heat and drought. The leaves are a larval food source for the bog copper butterfly, the flowers are visited by bees, and the fruits are eaten by birds.
Height: 0.25 to 0.50’
Spread: 1.00 to 6.00’
Pot size: 1 qt.
Bloom time: May to June
Light: Full sun
Moisture: medium to wet
Attracts: Flowers are visited by bees, and the fruits are eaten by birds
Deer resistant: high to moderate resistance
Companion plants: Highbush blueberries, azaleas, and rhododendrons
Photo: Lady Bird Johnson, Anderson, Wynn