Common Bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

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Small fruit shrub producing edible bilberries which medicinal properties are definitively recognised.

Deciduous shrub of almost 1m with oval and serrated light-green leaves. Green-pinky tiny flowers. Black-bluish bilberries that taste sweet and sour.

ExposureNo preference

Average germination50

HardinessHardy

Seeds per gram6.600

Soil moistureDry

Soil pHAcid

Fruit production, Wild garden, Medicinal, Restoration

Sow outdoors February, March

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Harvest July, August, September

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Planting & care

Direct sowing with temperatures of 15ºC night/20ºC day. Lightly cover the seeds and maintain the humidity until germination is completed.

It prefers dry, very acid and poor soils.

Bilberries can be eaten fresh, in jellies, drinks or jam. They are rich in iron, tannins, sugar and P vitamin.

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