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Gaultheria procumbens ‘White Fiesta’
Unlike most Gaultheria cultivars, the berries of Winter Fiesta ripen while still white, turning pink as they mature. Berries can be made into tea, eaten raw, used to flavor simple syrupor make a refreshing ice cream. Leaves can be used for soothing teas. Both leaves and fruit taste like wintergreen lifesavers.
Self-fertile wintergreen ripens berries in waves, starting in late summer until late winter. They are a creeping native of the eastern United States and will spread outward 12 inches or more. Plant 12 inches apart, in partial or full shade. Needs a loose, acidic soil with high organic matter content. It grows to about 6 inches tall and makes a great edible evergreen groundcover. Hardy in USDA Zones 3-9.