Also known as Cowberry Bush. Lingonberry jam is very famous in Sweden, but you can also use the berries of Red Candy for pies and other delicious, fruity treats. You can even eat them straight off the plant but they are very tart and best eaten with sugar. Compact habit grows to 10” tall and 8” wide. Partial shade to shade. Masses of berries are early flowering and fruiting. USDA Zone 5.
Lingonberry ‘Red Candy’ Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Description
Also known as Cowberry Bush. Lingonberry jam is very famous in Sweden, but you can also use the berries of Red Candy for pies and other delicious, fruity treats. You can even eat them straight off the plant but they are very tart and best eaten with sugar. Compact habit grows to 10” tall and 8” wide. Partial shade to shade. Masses of berries are early flowering and fruiting. USDA Zone 5.