Vaccinium ovatum, Evergreen Huckleberry

Scientific name: Vaccinium ovatum

Common name: Evergreen Huckleberry, California Huckleberry

A California Native shrub that can reach up to eight feet tall and fifteen feet wide.  It is slow growing.  The berries are edible for humans and for animals! White pink flowers bloom spring through winter.

Plant with: 

Use under trees such as Woolly Leaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos tomentosa), Glossyleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos nummularia), Redwood Manzanita (Arctostaphylos coluumbiana), Bush Anemone (Carpenteria californica), Salal (Gaultheria shallon), Crevice Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha), Bull Pine (Pinus ponderosa), Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale), Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) and Yerba Buena (Satureja douglasii)

Care:

- Best in full sun, part shade, full shade

- Attracts birds and butterflies

- Deer resistant

- Fire resistant

- Great for erosion control and bank stabilization

- Native to California