Gaultheria procumbens Winter Splash
Gaultheria procumbens 'Winter Splash' is a beautiful variegated wintergreen with red berries in winter.
Gaultheria procumbens Winter Splash is a beautiful variegated wintergreen with showy white and green leaves that turn pink in the winter. Great as a ground cover and for patio planters year round but particularly nice for the winter holidays. Plentiful, showy, bright red berries appear in fall and persist through winter to spring. The berries are edible. They are mildly sweet with the taste of wintergreen, similar to peppermint. A Canadian native from southern Manitoba to Labrador and Nova Scotia. Cultivar name: ‘GaulBril’.
Common Name: Wintergreen
Family: Ericaceae (The Heath Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Part Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Bloom Time: Late Spring - Summer
Foliage Colour: Variegated-, Cream/White, Variegated - Cream/White
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries: Red
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Mixed woodlands, mesic forests, dry, acidic woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadbanks, old pastures, coniferous woodlands, maritime heathlands, montane heath balds, bogs and fens, usually in acidic and/or sandy soils from 0-1500 metres from southern Manitoba to Nova Scotia south to the southeastern US.
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Geographical Origin: North America
