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Lingonberry Regal in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Regal'

 

Lingonberry 'Regal'

Lingonberry 'Red Pearl' is a relative of the blueberry and cranberry,.which produces red fruit which ripens in late Summer. Makes a good groundcover plant. In native conditions often produces a spring and fall crop:

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plant Features
  • Lingonberry Regal likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Lingonberry Regal likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Lingonberry Regal is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Lingonberry Regal likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Lingonberry 'Regal'

Latin name

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Regal'

type

Fruiting Plant

family

Ericaceae

ph

5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Lingonberry Regal likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Lingonberry Regal is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Lingonberry Regal likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Lingonberry Regal likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Lingonberry Regal is 1.00meters x 0.30meters 1.00 M 0.30 M

Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Regal'

Lingonberry 'Red Pearl' is a relative of the blueberry and cranberry,.which produces red fruit which ripens in late Summer. Makes a good groundcover plant. In native conditions often produces a spring and fall crop:


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

White to pink drooping bell-shaped flowers appear at the ends of stems in late spring to early summer. Red berries ripen in late summer, with a second, usually larger, crop occurring in autumn - See more at: http://www.hortmag.com/plants/plants-we-love/vaccinium-red-pearl-making-it-easy-to-fruit-garden#sthash.cxiGmTCW.dpuf

 

Harvesting

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Harvest Lingonberries as soon as they are ripe that is when they are easy to remove.

 

Propagation by Softwood Cuttings

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.

 

Propagation by Semi Hardwood Cuttings

From Early Summer TO Mid Summer

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

 

Planting Outdoors late

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Plant out pot grown plants in a sunny site.

 
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