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Vaccinium macrocarpon
American Cranberry Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
This is the commercial cranberry that also grows wild in sunny sphagnum bogs from Canada to North Carolina. Although rare in the wild, and grown carefully for commercial production, the American Cranberry is not difficult to grow. The soil must be highly organic and kept cool and moist. Plants like full to mostly sunny places. But what does it look like? Cranberry plants grow 2 to 6 inches tall and indefinitely wide forming large mats by means of trailing branches that take root intermittently. The evergreen leaves are elliptic and 3/4 inches long, becoming reddish in the winter and with new growth. The flowers are not showy, little pink bells, but we all know what the fruits look like. American Cranberry makes a good, thick ground cover where conditions are right. The texture is low and dense. Cat# 1224

Available: 2009 or later
$5.00 each in 3.5 inch pots
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X Native Plant Good Fragrance Butterfly Plant
Hummingbird Plant X Good Fall Color X Berries & Fruits
Deer resistant
Ease of Culture
Easy X Not Too Hard Difficult or Tricky
Evergreen
X Yes Semi No
Plant Type
Wildflower Shrub Grass or grass-like
X Perennial Tree X Ground cover
Fern Vine
Light Exposure
X Full sun X Mostly sunny X Half and half
Full shade Mostly shady
Soil Condition
Sandy X Organic
Clay Average
Moisture Tolerance
Dry X Wet
X Moist X Moderate
Height
X 12" or less
24" to 36"
12" to 24" 36" or taller
Color
White/whitish X Pink Blue
Yellows Rose Green
Orange, coral Violet Brown
Peach, salmon Lavender Mauve
Red, scarlet Purple Tan
Bloom Time
Early spring Early summer Early fall
Mid spring Mid summer Mid fall
X Late spring Late summer Late fall

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