Cherry Berries Wintergreen Shrub, a beautiful evergreen groundcover, is native to the East Coast and produces profuse, small white flowers followed by sweet and flavorful, bright red berries, which taste just like Wintergreen candy. Growing to about 6″ tall, it will spread slowly to a foot or more in diameter.

Latin Name: Gaultheria procumbens
Site and Soil: This Shrub likes filtered shade and moist, well-drained, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Wintergreen is self-fertile.
Hardiness: This shrub is hardy to minus 30° F
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 6 in.
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Late summer
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: This Shrub is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 4
Sunset Western Zone: 1-7, 14-17
Sunset Northeast Zone: 32, 34-45

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Add a splash of color to your understory with the first ever variegated wintergreen! Variegation comes in many forms but we really swoon for the forms that have touches of  purples and pinks in the leaves. Winter Splash still produces the tasty and unique wintergreen berries in great profusion but with the backdrop of variegated leaves, each one a miniature masterpiece. A great addition for shady spots but will turn a more purplish pink color in sunnier conditions.

Latin Name: Gaultheria procumbens
Site and Soil: This Shrub likes filtered shade and moist, well-drained, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Wintergreen is self-fertile.
Hardiness: This shrub is hardy to minus 30° F
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 6 in.
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Late summer
Yield: 1 pint or so
Pests & Diseases: Winter Splash is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 4
Sunset Western Zone: 1-7, 14-17
Sunset Northeast Zone: 32, 34-45

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Winter Fiesta is a unique new wintergreen selection that produces bright white berries with a light pink blush on them! They ripen throughout the summer and hold their form all winter long looking like gleaming pearls in the understory!

Latin Name: Gaultheria procumbens
Site and Soil: Likes filtered shade and moist, well-drained, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Wintergreen is self-fertile.
Hardiness: This shrub is hardy to minus 30° F
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 6 in.
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Late summer
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: This Shrub is not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 4
Sunset Western Zone: 1-7, 14-17
Sunset Northeast Zone: 32, 34-45

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