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Ericaceae
Checkerberry
Gaultheria procumbens
Also known as Gaultheria repens, Gaultheria procumbens f. suborbiculata, Gaultheria procumbens f. elongata, Gaultheria procumbens f. vitoidea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Groundcover · Native · Evergreen · Wintergreen · Woodland · Shade · Acidic Soil · Berries · Aromatic · Eastern Us
Checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens) is a charming, low-growing evergreen groundcover native to eastern North American woodlands, prized for its glossy leaves, delicate white flowers, and bright red wintergreen-scented berries. It thrives in acidic, humus-rich, consistently moist soil in partial to full shade, making it ideal under acid-loving trees like pines and oaks. Avoid alkaline soils and allow it to spread slowly into a dense, weed-suppressing mat over time.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water consistently to keep soil evenly moist; never allow to dry out completely · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–6.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Great Britain, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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