Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Vaccinium glaucoalbum
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Partial Shade
Moderate watering
Half-hardy
H3
RHS hardiness
-5°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
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1.2m | Max | 1.25m |
50cm | Min | 75cm |
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
Vaccinium glaucoalbum Overview
This is an small evergreen shrub with a suckering habit which will grow to a height of 0.6-1.2m. The leaves are large, oval and leathery, and are grey-green above and vividly blue-white beneath. The flowers are tiny, cylindrical flowers, with white flushed pink and silvery white bracts, and are produced in racemes in early summer. Oval, dark grey-green leaves white beneath. Pale pink, cylindrical flowers in silvery-bracted racemes to 8cm long, followed by white-bloomed black berries
Common problems with Vaccinium glaucoalbum
How to propagate Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Cuttings
You can propagate by division or from cuttings in autumn.
Division
Other uses of Vaccinium glaucoalbum
Ground cover