Evergreen Huckleberry Live Plant – Vaccinium ovatum, Extra Large Quart Container

Bring the beauty of Pacific coastal forests to your garden with Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum). This attractive broadleaf evergreen shrub produces tasty dark blue-black berries and offers beautiful foliage for year-round garden interest.

Evergreen huckleberry is also valued for its leafy branches, which are traditionally used in floral arrangements and huckleberry leaf tea. It is a wonderful choice for edible landscaping, native plant gardens, and patio containers.

Available now in an extra-large quart container. Shipping now!

Plant Details

• Botanical name: Vaccinium ovatum

• Common names: Evergreen Huckleberry, Coast Huckleberry

• Plant type: Broadleaf evergreen shrub

• Container: Extra-large quart

• Mature size: Approximately 4 feet tall and wide in full sun; can reach up to 10 feet tall in full shade if left unpruned

• USDA hardiness zones: 7–9; Zone 6 with wind and winter protection

• Flowers: Small pinkish-white flowers in spring

• Fruit: Dark blue-black berries that ripen in fall

Flowers, Berries, and Evergreen Foliage

Small pinkish-white flowers emerge in spring and are enjoyed by bees and butterflies. The flowers develop into berries that turn red during summer before ripening to a delicious dark blue-black color in fall.

The berries are enjoyed by people, birds, and other wildlife.

Evergreen leaves and branches are also useful for:

• Fresh and dried floral arrangements

• Decorative greenery

• Traditional huckleberry leaf tea

Growing Evergreen Huckleberry in the Ground

Evergreen huckleberry grows best in acidic, slightly moist, well-drained soil. Its soil requirements are similar to those of blueberry plants.

• Ideal soil pH: 4.5–5.5

• Soil: Acidic, well-draining, and slightly moist

• Water: Provide regular water, especially during establishment and dry weather

• Light: Full sun to full shade

To help lower soil pH naturally, the seller recommends incorporating approximately 30% fir or pine sawdust or 20% peat moss into the soil.

Planting in the ground generally provides the best fruit production.

Growing Evergreen Huckleberry in Containers

Evergreen huckleberry also makes an attractive patio container plant, especially where regular watering is convenient.

Important: This is an outdoor shrub, not a houseplant.

For container growing, use a well-draining mix with approximately the following composition:

• 30% – 3/8-inch-minus fine fir bark, unscreened

• 30% – Fir sawdust

• 16% – 3/8-inch-minus natural Cascade Mountain volcanic pumice, unscreened

• 12% – Peat moss

• 12% – Perlite

Use only low-salt fertilizers labeled for container growing.

If you cannot find the mix ingredients locally, we also sell Blueberry Potting Mix and Fir Sawdust in our shop.

Plant Quality

Our plants are grown from disease-free tissue culture stock. These are potted plants, not bare-root plants dug from the wild.

Shipping Information

Free shipping is available to most locations. Larger boxes and shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and locations considered remote may require an additional freight surcharge.

If temperatures at the destination are warmer than 89°F or colder than 20°F, we will hold the order until temperatures improve.

All plants are inspected for quality before shipment. If your plant arrives damaged, please message us promptly and include photos of the package and plant so we can help resolve the issue.

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