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Bilberry of America
Cornflower with
, giant Bilberry
Family:
Origin:
North AmericaPeriod of flowering:
May, JuneColor of the flowers:
white, pinkExhibition:
sun, semi-shade in the southern areasType of ground:
light, drained well, ground of heather, noncalcareousAcidity of the ground:
acidMoisture of the ground:
expensesUse:
orchard, massive of ground plants of heather, vatHeight:
1,Type of plant:
fruit-bearing shrubType of vegetation:
long-livedType of foliage:
null and voidRusticity:
rusticPlantation, repotting:
autumnMethod of multiplication:
sowing with the heat, propagation by cutting at the end of springCut:
Eliminate the deadwood in winter and release the center of the plant well while cutting the useless brushwood.Interesting species, varieties:
The kind understands more than 450 speciesThe cultivated varieties are hybrids of , shrubs 2 height m, with large fruits. “”, is collected as of at the end of June. “Berkeley”, ripe at the end of July. “” and “Jersey”, to gather in August. “”, product of at the end of August at the end of September.
- the bilberry
- the cranberry with the foliage persisting and not exceeding 20 cm
- the Bilberry with the small #D05C75 bays which is crawling
- the dwarf cornflower
Diseases and harmful insects:
rot of the colletToxicity:
edible #841029 baysThis null and void shrub of the family of carries many small bluish bays which have the wild taste of the mountains. Its foliage is very decorative. In spring, as from May, pretty bunches of #FFFFFF small bells appear. The autumn the foliage avoids beautiful glowing hues. The bilberry of America contains less vitamin Unless the genuine bilberry, and is also 3 times less rich in (them dyes blue-blacks), which explains the #FFFFFF coloring of the flesh of whereas that of bilberry is skin color.
Fruits from June to September
Gather the fruits with the hand, from June to September. #A12D46 and juicy, they are delicious nature or prepared: make of jams, pie-charts, , sorbets, liquors. They can also be frozen. The bilberry accompanies sauces well by meat, particularly the game.
Easy to succeed in semi-shade in noncalcareous ground
The bilberry is a plant which pushes well, on the condition planting it of in semi-shade, in a noncalcareous ground. If your ground is not appropriate, plant your bilberry in a large pot filled with ground of heather. Choose a self-fertilizing variety then. In March, bring a manure “rhododendrons”. Mulch in autumn with . Every two years, add fair peat to acidify the ground. On the balcony, plant in a pot from 30 to 40 cm, filled with true ground of heather, while having provided for an important drainage at the bottom of the container. Choose its site carefully. Once installed, the bilberry does not like to move and can live more than 50 years. Sprinkle very liberally in dry weather, with noncalcareous water.
The plant requires to be liberally heap of sheaves, to avoid the growth of grass (and especially weeding them), to maintain a humidity favourable and to bring organic matter.
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