Red Baron Creeping Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens 'Red Baron'
More plentiful clusters of larger bright red fruit set apart this selection. Clusters of small bell-shaped white or pale pink flowers are followed by the fruit in fall. The dense mat of glossy dark green leaves brightens to purple in fall. Evergreen.
| Key feature: | Groundcover |
| Plant types: | Shrub, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate to slow growth to 6 to 12 in. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, North American Native, Showy Fruit |
| Landscape uses: | Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 1761 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch.
Design Ideas
A northern garden problem solver for semishaded areas. Perfect spreader for ground beneath conifers and hardwood tree groves. Makes good greenery on shaded exposures of foundation planting. Does well in and around naturalistic water features where soils are sandy and well drained. Thrives on banks and slopes protected by forest canopy. Super for naturalizing in wild gardens.
Companion Plants
This beauty is perfect with cold hardy northern growers such as Bright Fantasy Snowberry, (Symphoricarpos 'Bokabright'), Ivory Halo Dogwood, (Cornus alba 'Bailhalo'), European Ostrich Fern, (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Chicago Lustre Arrowwood Viburnum, (Viburnum dentatum 'Synnestvedt').
History
Related to the magnolias, this northern woodland species is native to a wide range of boreal habitats from Alaska to Newfoundland.
Lore
This plant was named as the source of wintergreen oil, a medicinal. It was long used by Naitve Americans within its range as a tea. Contains same painkilling elements as aspirin.
More plentiful clusters of larger bright red fruit set apart this selection. Clusters of small bell-shaped white or pale pink flowers are followed by the fruit in fall. The dense mat of glossy dark green leaves brightens to purple in fall. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Feed with an acid fertilizer after bloom. Keep roots cool with a thick layer of mulch.
Design Ideas
A northern garden problem solver for semishaded areas. Perfect spreader for ground beneath conifers and hardwood tree groves. Makes good greenery on shaded exposures of foundation planting. Does well in and around naturalistic water features where soils are sandy and well drained. Thrives on banks and slopes protected by forest canopy. Super for naturalizing in wild gardens.
Companion Plants
This beauty is perfect with cold hardy northern growers such as Bright Fantasy Snowberry, (Symphoricarpos 'Bokabright'), Ivory Halo Dogwood, (Cornus alba 'Bailhalo'), European Ostrich Fern, (Matteuccia struthiopteris) and Chicago Lustre Arrowwood Viburnum, (Viburnum dentatum 'Synnestvedt').
History
Related to the magnolias, this northern woodland species is native to a wide range of boreal habitats from Alaska to Newfoundland.
Lore
This plant was named as the source of wintergreen oil, a medicinal. It was long used by Naitve Americans within its range as a tea. Contains same painkilling elements as aspirin.
| Key feature: | Groundcover |
| Plant types: | Shrub, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs wet or constantly moist soil. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate to slow growth to 6 to 12 in. tall, 2 to 3 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, North American Native, Showy Fruit |
| Landscape uses: | Rock Garden, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 1761 |
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