Wintergreen Creeping Non GMO Seeds - Gaultheria Procumbens

Wintergreen Creeping Gaultheria Procumbens is a broadleaf evergreen perennial shrub native to woodlands in Eastern North America. Wintergreen Creeping seeds germinate best after a cold treatment, and also commonly called Eastern Teaberry, Checkerberry, Boxberry, and American Wintergreen, Gaultheria Procumbens is a rhizomatous, creeping, woody, evergreen shrub-like perennial that spreads over time forming an attractive ground cover with glossy, leathery, elliptic to oblong, dark-green leaves and waxy, nodding, bell-shaped, white flowers in early summer. In fall and winter, Checkerberry is covered with edible bright red berries, and leaves have green-purple appearance. Both leaves and fruit have the aroma and taste of wintergreen. Wintergreen Creeping Gaultheria Procumbens makes a beautiful ground cover for shady areas, and this attractive shrubby plant is often grown in woodland gardens, rock gardens, along foundations or as a complement to other acid-loving shrubs such as azaleas, rhod