I live in Germany and you can't really find bilberries anywhere, unless you go to a specialty store.
I'll be trying to grow some in my garden and see if they survive the summer heat here. Currently it's going to be 30C for the next 7 days.
If these guys survive the summer, then I'll definitely plant more of them.
I dug a 30cm deep hole and then filled it with a mix of white peat and rhododendron soil. I added a plastic divider on the sides, so that the garden soil doesn't get mixed in with it.
A good healthy layer of pine bark mulch on top.
by kajsawesome
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Interesting! I didn’t know you can grow them in the garden. Are there any named cultivars or just plants randomly picked from the wild? They don’t normally produce very many berries per plant in the wild…
I’m in Litauen, and these berries are literally in every pine forest. Them and lingonberries (of which I’m actually growing a few named cultivars – extremely prolific compared to the forest ones).