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Cherry Berries Wintergreen
Gaultheria procumbens 'Gaulsidh5'
Also called cherry berries, teaberry and checkerberry
Cherry Berries Wintergreen blooms from June through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Cherry Berries Wintergreen
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 0.5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 4 years (a house reading).
Is Cherry Berries Wintergreen toxic to cats?
- Not yet checked for dogs.
- Listed as toxic to cats by NC State Extension.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Cherry Berries Wintergreen
Plant Cherry Berries Wintergreen in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Cherry Berries Wintergreen get?
0.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Cherry Berries Wintergreen in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Cherry Berries Wintergreen
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Cherry Berries Wintergreen about 2.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Cherry Berries Wintergreen to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Cherry Berries Wintergreen's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 10 published sources on October 14, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- NC State Extensionspeciessun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, soil, diseases and pests
- US plant patent (Google Patents)Gurjit Sidhu, US Plant Patent PP29,093 (Google Patents HTML)height, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- briggsnursery.comBriggs Nursery (Sidhu breeder and introducer chain)height, spread, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- briggsnursery.comBriggs Nursery, Cherry Berries plant flyerheight, spread, hardiness zones, water and bloom months and color
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farmsheight, spread, hardiness zones, bloom months and color and trait tags
- raintreenursery.comRaintree Nurseryheight, hardiness zones, water, trait tags, soil and toxicity
- blueskynursery.caBlue Sky Nursery, Ontarioheight, spread, bloom months and color and pests
- active.inspection.gc.caCanadian Food Inspection Agency, Plant Breeders Rightsbloom months and color and trait tags
- sidhunursery.comSidhu & Sons Nursery (breeder chain)height
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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