Vanda ( Kasem’s Delight )

An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 6 inches long. The 4 inch across flowers appear on pendent throughout the year. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. Water less in winter.

Valeriana officinalis ( Aurea All Heal )

‘Aurea’ is an upright, clump-forming growth habit, with rhizomes producing fleshy, branching stems. Bright green aromatic leaves are pinnate to 8 inches long, and lance-shaped, with toothed leaflets. Pink, white or lavender flowers are fragrant and borne in rounded clusters […]

Vaccinium vitis-idaea ( Cowberry )

This mat forming, evergreen shrub has thin shoots and elliptic, oblong, dark green leaves to 3/4 inch across. Leaves turn bronze in winter. In summer, plant bears pendant, bell-shaped, pink flowers. Blooming is followed by edible, round, bright red berries. […]

Vaccinium macrocarpon ( Cranberry )

This mat forming, evergreen shrub has thin shoots and elliptic, oblong, dark green leaves to 3/4 inch across. Leaves turn bronze in winter. In summer, plant bears pendant, bell-shaped, pink flowers. Blooming is followed by edible, round, bright red berries. […]

Vaccinium floribundum ( Vaccinium mortinia )

V. floribundum is a deciduous, spreading shrub with arching, oval-shaped, glossy dark-green leaves, to 1/2 inches long. Cylindrical pink flowers are borne in axillary and terminal racemes. Followed by delicious, edible red berries. Usually grown for it’s sweet fruit, can […]

Vaccinium corymbosum ( Weymouth Highbush Blueberry )

‘Weymouth’ is an erect bush that produces dark-blue berries of poor dessert quality that fall off the plant. This deciduous shrub is dense with an upright, multiple-branched growth habit. Leaves are elliptical, and can be toothed or entire, to 3 […]

Vaccinium corymbosum ( Highbush Blueberry )

V. corymbosum is a deciduous shrub that is dense with an upright, multiple-branched growth habit. Leaves are elliptical, and can be toothed or entire, to 3 inches long, turning red or yellow in the fall. White, sometimes pink tinged flowers […]