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Ericaceae
Gaylussacia dumosa
Gaylussacia dumosa
Also known as Gaylussacia, Vaccinium dumosum var. humile, Decamerium hirtellum var. griseum, Gaylussacia dumosa var. humilis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Huckleberry · Native Shrub · Acidic Soil · Woodland Garden · Berry · Southeastern Native · Wildlife Plant · Ericaceous · Shade Shrub
Dwarf huckleberry is a slow-growing native shrub best suited to acidic, moist soils in partially shaded woodland gardens. It produces small white to pink bell-shaped flowers in spring followed by dark berries attractive to birds. Plant it alongside azaleas or blueberries in a naturalized setting and keep soil consistently acidic with a pine bark mulch.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; mulch to retain moisture · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.3–6.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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