20 DWARF BILBERRY Vaccinium Caespitosum Dwarf Blueberry Whortleberry Pink Flower Blue Berry Fruit Evergreen Shrub Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Dwarf Bilberry OTHER COMMON NAMES: Dwarf Blueberry / Blue Whortleberry SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vaccinium Caespitosum COLOR: Pink Flowers / Dark Blue Fruit PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow / Cold stratify / Indoors weeks before last frost / Outdoors after danger of frost BLOOM TIME: April - June HARVEST: July - Sept HARDINESS ZONE: 2 - 7 PLANT HEIGHT: 4 - 12" 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