DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Common Bilberry
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Bilberry / European Blueberry / Blue Whortleberry
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vaccinium Myrtillus syn. Vaccinium Oreophilum / Myrtillus Niger / Myrtillus Sylvaticus / Vitis-idaea Myrtillus
COLOR: Pink Flowers / Dark Blue Fruit
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Fall / Cold Stratify / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Flowers April - June
HARVEST: Fruits July - Sept
HARDINESS ZONE: 2 - 7
PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 12 - 18"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 20 Seeds
OTHER: The Bilberry is a small shrub with edible fruit. They are similar in many ways to a blueberry, but the pulp of the bilberry is blue/purple/red, while blueberries have white pulp. Bilberries are also softer & juicier than blueberries. The fruit can be eaten raw, dried for later, made into jams, or used in deserts just like you would a blueberry in pies, muffins, candies, etc. The plants provide wildlife habitat, & birds, squirrels, & other small critters will love to help you “harvest” the berries :)
We also have Dwarf Bilberry seeds!
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