Christian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small cranberry
Plant·Vaccinium oxycoccos
Full sun
Sun
High
Water
Wet soil
Drainage
Zones 2–6
Hardiness
Small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is a plant. It grows best in full sun and has high water needs.
Through the year
GrowingFloweringFruiting
Works well with
from wiki dataNo companions recorded.
WHAT IT NEEDS
Wants full sun
Needs a lot of water
Tolerates wet or waterlogged soil
Prefers soil pH 3.5–5.5
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Prefers sandy, loamy, peaty soil
Struggles in compacted soil
Adds a little organic matter to the soil
Partners with mycorrhizal fungi to boost nutrient uptake
WHAT IT GIVES
Gives fruit (edible fruit)
Gives mulch biomass (low)
Attracts pollinators
Attracts birds
Attracts mammals
HOW IT GROWS
SIZE & SPACING
Ground cover
Height5–20 cm
Spacing30 cm (min 20 cm)
Root depthShallow
Width30–100 cm
Width figures are rough estimates, the most variable measurement in our data.
AI estimate · accuracy improves as growers contribute corrections.
HOW TO PROPAGATE
Propagate by seeds, cuttings, division
Difficulty
Establishes in about 2 yr
Self-seeds readily on its own
Where this comes from
Parsed11 Sept 2026
ConfidenceNot recorded
Photograph Christian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0