Huckleberry plant

Learn how to identify huckleberries and what a huckleberry bush looks like. It's so much fun to find huckleberries on your own, be safe and learn how to identify them!

Huckleberry shrubs are prized for their tart fruit and foliage. While most varieties grow wild, learn what it takes to plant huckleberry shrubs in your garden. #thespruce #fruitgrowing #lawncare #gardengrowinglayout #homemadegarden #berrygrowingguide #blue #fruit

Evergreen Huckleberry The Heath Family–Ericaceae Vaccinium ovatum Pursh. (Vax-IH-nee-um Oh-VAH-tum) Names: Evergreen Huckleberry is also called California Huckleberry, Evergreen Blueberry or Box Blueberry. Ovatum refers to its oval-shaped leaves. Relationships: There are about 450 species of Vaccinium worldwide, about 40 in North America with about 15 in the Pacific Northwest. The genus Vaccinium includes […]

Black huckleberries (Gaylussacia baccata) are hardy deciduous shrubs that are native to much of eastern North America. They are characterized by leaves

Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)

Huckleberry plants, perhaps for greenery?

Huckleberry Bush~

Thanks for stopping by! I've moved the full post over to my current blog, A Housewife Writes. The problem with growing your own fruit is that you have to wait years after planting to get a decent-sized harvest. Enter the garden huckleberry. This isn't the sweet wild berry that resembles a blueberry that you are most likely thinking of. Garden huckleberries are firm, shiny, black and grow in clusters on bushes approximately the size of a tomato plant. (For my "way up north" readers, think of…

Vaccinium membranaceum is a species within the group of Vaccinium commonly referred to as huckleberry. This particular species is known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, and (ambiguously) as 'black huckleberry'. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_membranaceum, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY))

The red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) is a vibrant shrub native to the Pacific Northwest, known for its sweet, red berries and cultural significance. Thriving in shaded forests, it offers ecological benefits and a delicious connection to the region's natural heritage. Whether wild-foraged or g