Vaccinium Ovatum Leaves

Use caution in planting this species with oaks or near oak woodlands. As for color the new leaves are bronze to red while the mature leaves are green and glossy during the summer.

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Vaccinium ovatum leaves!!!

Not needing much sun the plant has a wide variety of forest homes. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges from british columbia to central california including lower elevations of the sierra nevada mountains. Leaves turn bright orange and red before they fall off in autumn revealing bright green and red winter stems. Vaccinium genus of about 450 species of shrubs in the heath family ericaceae found widely throughout the northern hemisphere and extending south along tropical mountain ranges especially in malesia.

Vaccinium ovatum may harbor phytophthora ramorum which causes sudden oak death. It will grow in full sun to full shade although the plants prefer some shade. Evergreen huckleberry can also be found near beaches in the salt spray zone. Glossy green leathery evergreen leaves are ovate with pointed tips and finely serrated margins.

Used in the florist industry pale pink urn shaped flowers borne on short racemes in spring. They have small sweet tart berries in summer are good for baking. Fruit at first is red turning blue black in late summer edible. Depending on the vigor of the plant leaves can be to 1 5 in length.

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