20 Common BILBERRY Fruit Shrub European Blueberry Vaccinium Myrtillus Seeds

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 wildlif