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Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry)

Other names: Oxycoccos macrocarpus , Large cranberry, American Cranberry, Bearberry

V. macrocarpon is a prostrate, mat-forming, evergreen shrub with slender shoots and oblong, dark green leaves that turn bronze in winter. Pendent, bell-shaped pink flowers bloom in summer followed by edible, red berries in autumn.
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0.5m max. spread

0.1m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Vaccinium macrocarpon 'Early Black' (Cranberry 'Early Black')

'Early Black' is a prostrate, mat-forming, evergreen shrub with slender shoots and oblong, dark green leaves that turn bronze in winter. Pendent, bell-shaped, pink flowers in summer are followed by edible, dark reddis-purple to maroon berries ready for harvest in late summer or early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread

0.3m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Persicaria vacciniifolia (Rock knotweed)

Other names: Whortleberry-leaved knotweed, Polygonum vacciniifolium

P. vacciniifolia is a ground covering perennial, with foliage that turns red in autumn, and narrow spikes of deep pink flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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1.5m max. spread

0.2m max. height

5-10 years to maturity