Cranberry, American Cranberry         vak-SIN-ee-um mak-ro-KAR-pon

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub or ground cover, low growing, forms large, flat mats by creeping stems, to 15 cm or more.  Leaves small, 1-2 cm, elliptic-oblong, margin entire and sometimes slightly rolled, dark green above, whitish below, very short petile.  Flowers pinkish, solitary or 2-4 on a slender stalks, about 6 mm, stamens exposed.  Fruit globose, 1-2 cm, red, acidic.
• Sun to part shade.  Prefers moist, well-drained, high organic matter, acidic soils.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 2      Native from Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, south to Minnesota, Michigan and North Carolina.  The cranberry of commerce.
• macrocarpon: with large fruit
• Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden, Conifer Garden