An especially attractive and improved variety from Europe, Red Candy is early flowering, compact, and produces large yields of berries that hang on the shrub for a very long time. While you can eat it straight from the bush, it is more popular in pies, jams and other tasty treats.

Lingonberries are close relatives to the blueberry and cranberry. The plants are native in some areas of North America, and are most abundantly found in the Scandinavian countries of Europe. The small red fruits are known to be very high in anti-oxidants with documented research that shows fruits contain an extreme abundance of nutrients. The fruits have a fresh aroma and the flavor is mostly tart with a slight sweetness. Fruits have a firm skin and can be stored for several month at cold temperatures.

Latin Name: Vaccinium vitis-idea
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full with filtered shade in hot region and moist acidic, well-drained soil
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile but plant with Red Pearl or any other Lingonberry for cross pollination and better crops.
Hardiness: Hardy to -45° F.
Bearing Age: Our plants are of bearing age at time of sale 
Size at Maturity: 12″ tall and spreading, forms a great ground-cover
Bloom Time: summer and throughout fall
Ripening Time: Fall- Winter
Yield: 10 lbs of fruit per square yard of row
Pests & Diseases: Lingonberry is not bothered by pest or disease.
USDA Zone: 2-7

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Our new favorite groundcover! We first saw Alpine Mint Bush at the University of Washington Arboretum and it was love at first sight! Growing to only a foot or two high by about 3 or 4 feet wide, the Alpine Mint Bush has all the amazing qualities of its close relative the Australian Mint Bush in a low growing and much more cold hardy form! White flowers make a lovely carpet in late spring and attracts bees to your orchard or garden. Evergreen, fragrant and cute as a boot!

Latin Name: Prostanthera cuneata
Site and Soil: In cold climates keep in Alpine Mint Bush  in a location with 1/2 day to full sun. In the winter, place your plant in a well-lit room. Potting soil should be coarse and well-drained.
Hardiness: Hardy to at least 0 degrees Fahrenheit and reliably hardy around the Northwest
Size at Maturity: 2 feet in height by 3 feet wide
Flower Color: White
Leaf Type: Evergreen
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Pests & Diseases: We have not noticed any pest or disease damage to our Australian Mint Bush plants.
USDA Zone: 7

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Pt. Reyes Ceanothus is easily the most widely planted Ceanothus ground cover, and for good reason! This beautiful evergreen is as tough as they come, excels in hot dry situations, on slopes, and delights the bees when the plant gets absolutely covered in violet blue flowers each March. Stems root as they touch the ground making it a valuable erosion control ground cover. And it fixes nitrogen too! Perfect for the parking strip.

A very useful and beautiful genus of shrubs native to the West Coast, mostly in the California and Southern Oregon Coast Range, Ceanothus boast evergreen foliage, gorgeous purple to blue, sometimes white, flowers and can tolerate the worst soil conditions so long as they are well draining. As nitrogen fixing shrubs they also fix nitrogen in the soil and are excellent companion plants for other woody plants.

Latin Name: Ceanothus gloriosus ‘Pt. Reyes’
Site and Soil: Well draining unamended soils in full sun
Hardiness: Hardy to about 0 F.
Size at Maturity: 1-2′ high by about 3-4′ wide
Bloom Time: Late winter into spring
Pests & Diseases: None that we have observed
USDA Zone: 7

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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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Koralle Lingonberry was developed in Germany and first released in Holland. It’s small, glossy, evergreen leaves take on a mahogany hue during the winter months. Near white to pink flowers bloom spring to fall, followed by bright red, edible berries. Originally developed as an ornamental ground cover, then later cultivated for it’s fruit. Now a popular Dutch cultivar making up almost all of European Production. Koralle Lingonberry is a super-hardy and very popular in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Tart tasty lingonberries can be eaten fresh and really excel in preserves, jams, jellies, syrup and wine. It is also resistant to deer and rabbits, making it an excellent choice for use in borders, mixed containers, or as ground-cover.

Latin Name: Vaccinium vitis-idea
Site and Soil: Koralle Lingonberry likes 1/2 day to full with filtered shade in hot region and moist acidic, well-drained soil
Pollination Requirements: Koralle Lingonberry is self-fertile but plant with Red Pearl for cross pollination and better crops.
Hardiness: hardy to -45° F.
Bearing Age: Our plants are of bearing age at time of sale 
Size at Maturity: 12″ tall and forms a great ground-cover
Bloom Time: summer and throughout fall
Ripening Time: Fall
Yield: 10 lbs of fruit per square yard of row
Pests & Diseases: Lingonberry is not bothered by pest or disease.
USDA Zone: 2-7

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Cranberry Sauce! Dried Cranberries! Cranberry juice! These are just some of the uses for this versatile, nutritious, and very flavorful berry. Growing only about 6″ in height, with dainty evergreen foliage and bright-red fruit, Pilgrim Cranberry makes an attractive ornamental and fruiting ground-cover.

Latin Name: Vaccinium macrocarpon
Site and Soil: Cranberry likes full sun to partial shade and moist, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 30° F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6″ in height.
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Fall
Yield: 1-2 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Cranberry is not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4

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Yet another fantastic Australian mint bush! Badja Peak is an excellent selection of Prostanthera cuneata that we adore for its compact dark green tinted purple foliage, extremely fragrant evergreen leaves and white orchid-like flowers that look almost oversized compared to the compact foliage. The pollinators seem to be just as excited about Badja Peak as they hover and bumble into each beautiful flower and surround the whole plant in a plethora of bee species and butterflies too!

Latin Name: Prostanthera cuneata ‘Badja Peak’ 
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun. Can be grown indoors overwinter in cold climates.
Hardiness: Hardy to at least 0 degrees Fahrenheit and reliably hardy around the Pacific Northwest
Size at Maturity: 3-4 feet in height by 3-4 feet wide
Flower Color: White
Foliage: Evergreen
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Pests & Diseases: We have not noticed any pest or disease damage to our Australian Mint Bush plants.
USDA Zone: 7-10

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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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A supremely tough and drought tolerant evergreen ground cover from Portugal, the Hairy Canary Clover is a lovely little grey-leaved pea shrub that can tolerate the worst soil in your garden, so long as it is well draining and in a sunny spot. The white and pink flowers are very attractive and the star-shaped seed pods provide even more interest. Needs little supplemental water once established. Looks absolutely fabulous beneath an olive tree or cascading over a rock wall.

Latin Name: Dorycnium hirsutum
Site and Soil: Very well draining soil in half to full day sun.
Hardiness: Hardy to at least 0 degrees Fahrenheit and reliably hardy around the Northwest
Size at Maturity: 2 feet in height by 3 feet wide
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Pests & Diseases: We have not noticed any pest or disease damage on our plants.
USDA Zone: 7
Sunset Western Zone: Not listed
Sunset Northeast Zone: Not listed

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