Wintergreen: A beautiful and versatile edible groundcover

Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) is an evergreen groundcover native to the northeastern US. The leaves and berries are edible and have a strong, distinctive flavor that is familiar to many people. They can be used in teas, herbal medicine, and as a natural breath freshener. They thrive in acidic soils rich in organic material, and are a great addition to ornamental and edible landscape gardens.

[roarinfireball]

I used to look for them on trails when I was a child. I’d chew the leaves as I hiked all day.

[MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

More great information. Appreciate you sharing it with us.

[imkadosh]

Thank you for the information on this plant. I hear you are in the pacific, and you are filming from a nursery. I live in Los Angeles, and I'd like to see if I can find them here someplace. Thank you very much for the information.

[kx]

Would it die if it's frozen in a pot.

[overratedprogrammer]

How do you grow it so abundantly. I had to buy like 4 batches of roots to get 2 little patches going. It has like 20 plants total after maybe 2 years.

Never had any luck starting from seed. Tried cold stratifying and it still took foreverr to germinate. Died about a month later before growing past seedling stage

[overratedprogrammer]

If you make teaberry ice cream with it does that mean it's basically aspirin ice cream? Lol

[口口口口-nc]

great with chewing tobacco or by itself