Creeping blueberry

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Width:	⇔	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈	SE USA

Scientific Names
Ericaceae >	Vaccinium >	crassifolium >

Creeping blueberry (Vaccinium crassifolium) is an evergreen with shiny dark green to bronze leaves. Can be used as groundcover.

Read about Creeping blueberry in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Vaccinium crassifolium, Andr. Slender trailing shrub: sts. 2-3 ft. long: twigs pubescent: lvs. small, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long, leathery and shining, oval to narrowly oblong or ovate or obovate, obtuse, sparsely serrulate or entire: fls. few, almost sessile, in small axillary clusters; corolla globose-campanulate, small (1/8 in. long), rose-red, rarely whitish: berries black. Sandy moist pine lands, N. C. to Ga. B.M. 1152—"Useful for the shrubbery border South." The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Several cultivars are available for planting as a ground cover.^[1]

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