Description
‘Wintergreen’
Gaultheria procumbens ‘Wintergreen’
Zone: 3-8
Exposure: part to full shade
Mature Size: 6 to 12 ” H, 24 to 36 ” W
Flower Colour: white or pinkish
Flowering Time: summer
Description: Wintergreen is a native plant that makes an attractive, low-maintenance groundcover for shady locations that spreads by rhizomes. The bright red berries and reddish-bronze leaves of wintergreen plants are a welcome sight in the winter months when there’s little else to look at in the landscape. Grown in pots, wintergreen is also a popular holiday gift plant.
Ornamental Features: Excellent resistance to pests and diseases
Landscape Features: Beds and borders, banks and slopes, city gardens, cottage gardens, rock gardens or containers. Great shrub for shade and woodland gardens
