Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Cowberry · Lowbush Cranberry · Redberry · Lingonberry
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- subshrubPlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, Shrub, SubshrubPLANTS Database
- Height
- 0.5 ft15 cmPLANTS Database
- Flower
- WhitePLANTS Database
- Blooms
- SummerPLANTS Database
- Native range
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur and elsewhereGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Shade tolerance: HighPLANTS Database
- Soil
- Adapted to coarse textured soilsPLANTS Database
- Soil pH
- 4.5-6.0PLANTS Database
- Watering
- Drought tolerance: LowPLANTS Database
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Its tart red berries, sold as lingonberries, often stay on the plant over winter and are sweeter by the time the snow melts. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996Difficulty Moderate
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 49 days to germinate.
68% germination in 28–49 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
Readers’ own records of sowing this species, published after review. Share your trial · All trials
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