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Gaultheria- (Wintergreen)
Gaultheria cuneata |
Many species of this dwarf shrub are listed in the specialist catalogues.
One of the smaller species is an excellent choice if you want an evergreen
carpeter which bears bell-like flowers in summer and showy berries in autumn.
Don't bother with Gaultheria, however, unless you can provide it with acid,
humus-rich soil in a partly shaded position. It is one for the peat bed rather
than the rock garden.
VARIETIES:
The best known Gaultheria is the
Partridge
Berry
(G.
procumbens). The spreading branches bear shiny, dark green leaves and this
neat mat grows about 6 in. high. In July the pink-flushed white blooms appear
and are followed by bright red berries and reddish foliage in autumn.
G.
cuneata and
G.
miqueliana grow 1 ft. high and bear white flowers which turn into white berries.
G.
nummularoides is quite different - the leaves are downy rather then leathery and
it rarely grows over 3 in. high. The white or pink flowers are succeeded
by blue-black
berries.
SITE
& SOIL:
Requires well-drained acid soil in partial shade.
PROPAGATION:
Layer shoots in spring or plant stem cuttings in a cold frame
in summer.
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