Re: Help growing Gaultheria procumbens

Chris,
    North or east exposure for location. Best if they can get morning light
only. Open shade, acidic soil. See if you can locate a spot where moss
already grows. They do like a duff to send the runners out into. In the wild
most times they growth is open and not all that super showy. They look
better in cultivation if you can get them started. They are very shallow
rooted, so you have to stay there the first year to keep them from drying
out.
    Mine is on the north side of a hill, in a special acid bed I
constructed. Just pine bark mini-chips and peat mixed. At the base of a pine
and cedar tree with a bit of light from the east. So far, so good.
    Having said that.... they make a beautiful container plant. In a
container they run around in circles until the pot is filled. With some slow
release fertilizer they will double their normal height and have berries
like bunches of grapes.  Cool container plant if you are having trouble
getting it going in the garden.
    Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> This is one of those plants that I just always seem to kill, and I'm
> really not sure why.  But I like it so much that I'm not willing to give
> up on it yet.
>
> Could someone tell me the cultural conditions that they're growing their
> plants in successfully?  How much light, drainage, water, soil type...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris

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