Green-flower wintergreen

Pyrola chlorantha

Pyrola

Ericaceae

Native Plants

Zone 4–9

🐾 Pet-Safe

Green-flower Wintergreen is a delicate woodland perennial that requires cool, shaded conditions and acidic, humus-rich soil with reliable moisture. It forms a slow-spreading rosette of leathery evergreen leaves and produces subtle greenish-white nodding flowers in summer. This plant is best suited for experienced gardeners recreating naturalistic woodland or boreal garden settings.

Care Requirements

Care Level

High

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Growth Rate

Moderate

Mature Height

12″ – 36″

Soil

loam

Life Cycle

Perennial

Spacing

10″

Watering Schedule

Every 7-10 Days • Keep Soil Consistently Moist But Well-Drained; Avoid Allowing It To Dry Out

Soil pH

5.5 – 6.5

Temperature

-20° – 90°F

Mature Spread

up to 24″

Root Depth

Medium

Foliage

Medium

Propagation: Seed, Division

Ecology & Origin

Native to

Alaska

Albania

Alberta

Altay

Amur

Arizona

Austria

Baltic States

Belarus

Belgium

British Columbia

Bulgaria

Buryatiya

California

Central European Rus

Chita

Colorado

Connecticut

Corse

Czechoslovakia

Attracts

🐝 Bees

🐝 Moths

Sources

Data: trefle, usda

Image: trefle.io — Taken May 22, 2017 by Tela Botanica − Jean-Jacques HOUDRÉ (cc-by-sa)

Hardiness Zones

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