Lingonberry

Scientific Name: Vaccinium vitis-idaea Koralle Group

Also Known As

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Koralle'
Koralle Cowberry

Plant type

shrub, fruit / vegetable

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 12"-24"

planting zones

2a-8b

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Lingonberry plant details

Lingonberry is a broadleaf evergreen fruit / vegetable or shrub with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer white flowers emerge followed by red fruit. Attracts bees, birds and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and even moisture - regular water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Lingonberry

Plant type: fruit / vegetable or shrub
Plant family: ericaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in fall, spring and summer
Uses: edible, winter interest, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Lingonberry

USDA Zones: 2a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular

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

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Koralle' is a commercial lingonberry developed in Germany that produces excellent crops of tasty fruit on little evergreen shrubs that are very strong, very compact, and very hardy. Plants will reach about 12 inches tall and wide. Use the tasty, tart berries for jams, pies and other treats. White flowers appear in late spring followed by the red berries that can stay on the shrub over winter. Awesome as a ground cover and in a container for ornamental purposes. Lingonberries are popular wild harvested fruits in Scandinavia and Newfoundland where they are called partridgeberries.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Lingonberries are well known in Scandinavia, but not here which is too bad! These wonderful bright-red edible berries are somewhat like cranberries and are much loved as preserves, juice and syrup and have been long used medicinally. Lingonberries keep their pretty evergreen leaves on 12 inch clumps even in the coldest winters; they are self-fertile so you only need to plant one, but they do look wonderful when mass planted. S-PSh/M/Acid (not dry)

By: Forestfarm

Dense, low growing, evergreen thicket 8-10” high spreading eventually to 3’ wide. Pretty white bell flowers in spring become fat, bright red little Lingonberries in summer. Yes, this is what they use to make that yummy sweet-tart beverage at IKEA! Acid soil that is well drained and always moist, full sun is best, deer and critter resistant; self-pollinating heavy bearer (if planted with another cultivar it may increase production eve more). Pretty edible!

By: Secret Garden Growers

Lingonberry. This is a good selection of a very ornamental edible which yields the Lingonberries so prized in Europe. 'Koralle' is a compact heavy fruiter from Germany which runs less and bears heavy crops of rich red berries twice a year which are good anti-oxidants, Moist rich soil is good.

By: Far Reaches Farm

A low, dense, evergreen shrub that creeps to form a dense thicket. It produces small white flowers in midspring and a crop (sometimes two) of large, bright red berries in summer. Foliage turns an attractive mahogany in winter. Best in full sun and evenly moist, acid soil. AGM winner.