Vaccinium Ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry Shell Pink 2 Gal

Box Huckleberry is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. It features an abundance of magnificent navy blue berries with black overtones from mid to late summer. It has attractive dark green evergreen foliage which emerges coppery-bronze in spring. The small glossy oval leaves are highly ornamental and remain dark green throughout the winter. It features dainty clusters of shell pink bell-shaped flowers with white overtones hanging below the branches from mid to late spring, which emerge from distinctive rose flower buds. The smooth gray bark and antique red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

This plant is primarily grown as an ornamental, but it's also valued for its edible qualities. The small round tart berries are most often used in the following ways:

• Cooking
• Baking
• Preserves
• Sauces

An attractive, landscape shrub with vivid red-bronze new leaves, maturing to dark green; pale pink, bell-shaped flowers in spring produce dark blue berries in summer; growth habit is upright and bushy; needs acidic, well drained soil, plant with an acidic soil amendment like, G&B Organics Acid Planting Mix.