Cultivar

Flower Color

Time of
Bloom

Height and Width
in approx. 4 yrs

Foliage

Winter

Foliage

Comments

Empetrum

nigrum

purplish

black berries

June

4” x 18”

dark green

Crowberry

Bernstein

purplish

dark red berries

June

6” x 18”

gold green

gold form, rare

Empetrum

nigrum var.

hermaphroditum

purplish

black berries

June

4” x 18”

dark green

best form

Empetrum rubrum

red berries

Aug-Sept

8” x 12”

dark green

Red Crowberry from S. America

Diddle-Dee,

to Zone 8