Winter Splash™ Wintergreen — Gaultheria procumbens 'GaulBri1'

Winter Splash™ Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens 'GaulBri1') is a delightful and versatile native evergreen groundcover that earns its place in the garden through all four seasons — a dense, low-spreading native woody groundcover with exceptionally ornamental glossy dark green foliage edged in crisp white margins that blush to a charming pink in winter, producing small, nodding bell-like white flowers in early summer that give way to clusters of bright red berries that ripen in fall and can persist through the winter months, providing colorful interest long after most plants have gone dormant. Both the leaves and berries carry the distinctive, sweet wintergreen fragrance and flavor — the same natural wintergreen oil used in flavoring — making it a uniquely sensory and edible landscape plant. A North Georgia and Eastern North American native, Winter Splash™ is naturally adapted to acidic woodland soils and is drought tolerant once established. Excellent under rhododendrons, azaleas, and other acid-loving shrubs. Part sun to full shade. Hardy to Zone 3.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Drought-tolerant once established. Watch for aphids, mildew, and leaf spot.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Native Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Foundation Plantings.

COMPANION PLANTS: Blueberry, Azalea, Rhododendron

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.