Organic Forest Plants & More

Wild Mountain Blueberry Plants (Huckleberry)

Edible Landscaping

Huckleberry

Zones: 3 - 7

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Shrub

Mature Size: 3 feet mature

Flowers:Yes. Blooms white late summer.

Fruit: Yes. Blue/Black, summer.

Common alternate names for huckleberry: Wild Blueberry

Scientific name for huckleberry:  Gaylussacia frondosa

Planting Information: Prefers coarse soils, drought tolerant, moisture requirements low

Colors: Green in spring, summer with blue edible berries.

Edible - food uses of huckleberry:

Huckleberry produces small blue / black berries in mid to late summer.   Huckleberry is similar in taste to blueberry.  They are delicious eaten fresh, baked into pies, used for jams or sprinkled on top of pancakes.

Wildlife:

Source of food for birds, bears and deer.

General description and characteristics of huckleberry:

Huckleberry plants produce delicious, dark blue edible fruit full of antioxidants that will compliment your
landscaping with deep green foliage. They work well in mass plantings or as specimen
shrubs in the garden, and grow well in sun or shade.

Huckleberry is drought tolerant and attractive birds, butterflies and bees.