Buy Vaccinium glaucoalbum

Also Known As

Vaccinium glauco-album
Grey-White Huckleberry
Himalayan Huckleberry

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 2'-3'
W: 2'-4'

planting zones

7a-10b

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Vaccinium glaucoalbum plant details

Vaccinium glaucoalbum is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with blue and green foliage. In spring pink and white flowers emerge followed by black fruit. Features glaucous texture. Attracts bees, birds and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Vaccinium glaucoalbum

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: ericaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 2 FT - 4 FT - wide, 2 FT - 3 FT - tall
Flowers: pink and white blooms in spring
Uses: compact

GROWING CONDITIONS for Vaccinium glaucoalbum

USDA Zones: 7a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular

Soil needs: acidic, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This blueberry is a lovely woodlander. The evergreen oval leaves have a leather texture and thickness. The dark green leaves will turn burgundy in winter.

By: Gossler Farms

Blooms: spring, pink-white bell shaped, large two inch blue-green oval leaves with white underside. Compact and rounded growth. Zone 7-9, Himalayas, Shade, rich, moist, well drained soil

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

The VERY attractive, 2-3" almost-round leaves of this loverly 1-3' Himalayan "newcomer" are deep blue-green (glauco) on top ; gray-white (album) beneath; compact ; tidy with small pink flowers ; fat dark-blue berries. Sun-PSh/Med

By: Forestfarm

Native, as the common name would suggest, to China's Yunnan Province and beyond, this is a dwarf huckleberry, to only 2' tall over a long period -- a bit taller in shady conditions, the handsome, oval leaves to 2-3", large for the shrubs diminutive size and colored blue-green on top with reflective, lighter coloring beneath. Purplish winter tints add to the foliage interest. White flowers tinted pink emerge in May from striking, overlapping buds and produce fat blue-black berries, quite edible, in autumn. Sun to part shade with regular summer water. Frost hardy in USDA zone 7.

By: Cistus Nursery

I first saw this in the garden at Heronswood…it hails from the Yunnan Province in China. – Biggish, evergreen oval-round leaves are blue green with white unders – Neat and tidy with compact growth to 2-3' (maybe bigger in shade) – Urn shaped flowers, white with a rosy glow followed by fat edible, inky blue fruit – Easy to grow in sun to shade; destined for popularity!

By: Secret Garden Growers

A mound-forming dense evergreen shrub to 3' eventually. Large blue-green oval leaves to 2 1/2" with a bluish cast, white below. Urn shaped pinkish-white flowers, late spring, followed by edible blue-black berries. More compact in the sun.

By: The Bovees Nursery

A slow-growing, mound-forming evergreen with handsome blue-green foliage and pinkish-white flowers in late spring. The flowers become edible blue-black berries. AGM winner.