Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
In Dutch: Kraaihei
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Size and growth
- Mature height
- 0,3 m
- Mature spread
- 0,6 m
- Height as sold
- about 10–20 cm
- Full grown after
- 3–5 years
Position and care
- Position
- sun / partial shade
- Water needs
- average
- Evergreen
- yes, keeps its leaves
- Flower colour
- pink
- Climbs
- no
- Winter-hardy
- yes
- Bees & butterflies
- yes, a good nectar plant
- Hay fever
- not or weakly allergenic
- Poisonous
- no, as far as known
- Pricks or stings
- no
- Maintenance
- low
Through the year
- Leaf
- all year
- Flower
- April to May
- Fruit
- August to September