Native to British shores and growing wild on heaths, moors and highlands, bilberries are closely related to blueberries. The bilberry, a low-growing shrub rarely over a foot high, makes a decorative addition to the garden, blossoming with pink urn-shaped flowers in the spring while its leaves taking on a red hue in the autumn.
Its bluish grey berries crop in the summer and have an intense but slightly acidic flavour when eaten raw. Alternatively they can be used in the place of blueberries in recipes or to make an excellent preserve. They are low in fat and high in fibre making them an integral part of the GI diet which will explain their recent upsurge in popularity.
Like blueberries, bilberries are very rich in natural antioxidants and a good source of vitamin C. The belief of World War II British Airforce pilots that bilberries were beneficial to eyesight has since been proven to be true.

Bilberries are fully hardy, and prefer an acidic soil. They even make attractive container plants.

Contents: One plant in a 9cm pot

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