We both have a bit of a thing about lingonberry cake, but in all honesty neither of us could have told you what a lingonberry actually is. It turns out it’s related – very closely – to the cranberry.
Native cranberries are found only in North America, but lingonberries are found both there and in Europe. So, we decided to try our hand at growing some to put in our own cakes.
I don’t think we’ll get much cake this year.
Just look at the size of that plant. It’s tiny. We’ve put it into a nice large pot that was previously used for our patio cherry tree (now transplanted to a border where we hope it will be a lot happier) and it looks a bit lost among all that compost.
Lingonberry plant
Fortunately it should grow to fill the space we’ve given it. If you’re putting them into a bed you need to space then out by at least a foot and prepare for them to creep across the bed and mesh with one another.
The excellent Carol Klein
A lot of summer watering will be called for.
Best of all, though, it’s also an evergreen, so we’ll have something to look at from the study window through the winter.
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