Red Candy Lingonberry – Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Red Candy' – Live Potted Plant

Enjoy beautiful evergreen foliage and delicious lingonberries with 'Red Candy'! This attractive, compact berry plant produces abundant, long-lasting red berries while adding color and texture to garden landscapes, borders, and fall containers.

'Red Candy' is a special lingonberry selection known for producing fruit earlier and more abundantly than many other selections. Its small size and attractive appearance make it an excellent choice for gardeners who want both ornamental beauty and edible fruit.

Plant Details

• Common Name: Red Candy Lingonberry

• Botanical Name: Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'Red Candy'

• Plant Patent: PP#22,105

• Plant Type: Evergreen fruiting shrub and groundcover

• Mature Height: Approximately 8 inches

• Mature Width: Approximately 10 inches

• USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

• Foliage: Shiny, dark green leaves

• Flowers: Delicate pinkish-white flowers

• Fruit: Attractive red lingonberries

• Growth Habit: Compact and low-growing

Why You'll Love Red Candy Lingonberry

• Produces abundant, attractive red berries

• Known for earlier and more prolific fruiting

• Compact size for small gardens and containers

• Shiny evergreen foliage provides year-round interest

• Beautiful pinkish-white flowers

• Excellent for fall planters and landscape displays

• Produces edible berries for homemade treats

• Useful as a low-growing groundcover

Delicious Edible Berries

Lingonberries are versatile little fruits that can be enjoyed in many ways.

Use your harvest for:

• Homemade jams and preserves

• Pies and desserts

• Crepes and breakfast dishes

• Sauces and fruit toppings

• Fresh-picked berry treats

Lingonberries have a distinctive tart flavor that makes them especially popular in preserves, desserts, and traditional recipes.

Growing Information

Red Candy Lingonberry grows best in conditions that resemble its natural woodland environment.

Light

• Best grown in partial shade to shade.

• Protect from excessive heat and harsh afternoon sunlight.

Soil

• Prefers moist but well-drained soil.

• Requires acidic soil.

• Enjoys organic-rich growing conditions.

• Peat moss can be incorporated into the growing medium to help provide suitable conditions.

Water

• Maintain consistent soil moisture.

• Avoid waterlogged soil and poor drainage.

Perfect for Containers & Small Gardens

With a mature size of approximately 8 inches tall and 10 inches wide, Red Candy is an excellent choice for smaller planting spaces.

Consider using it for:

• Decorative patio containers

• Fall planters

• Edible garden containers

• Low-growing garden borders

• Compact groundcover plantings

• Woodland-inspired gardens

Its evergreen foliage and colorful berries create an attractive display even when many other garden plants have finished their seasonal show.

Shipping Information

• Plants are shipped fully rooted in a soil-less growing mix.

• Available as live potted plants.

• We ship to all U.S. states.

Plants are living products, and natural variations in size and appearance are normal.

About Our Nursery

Scenic Hill Farm is a licensed Oregon nursery.

Thank you for choosing Scenic Hill Farm and adding Red Candy Lingonberry to your garden!