If you decide to plant lingonberries in your summer cottage, you should familiarize yourself with its varieties. We will tell you what varieties of lingonberry garden is best to choose, and describe the most popular ones.
"Coral"
The variety is a shrub whose height is about 30 cm, the diameter of the crown is the same. It grows in raw coniferous and deciduous forest plantations, peat bogs are a good place to grow.
Important! Do not let the soil dry out - regularly perform abundant watering. If the earth is dry, the plant may die, since in its natural environment it is accustomed to be constantly in moist soil (in the swamps, in the taiga).The fruits of the coral cowberry have a rich red color and look attractive in green foliage. They are food for birds and animals. Birds are able to distribute lingonberries by transferring undigested seeds.
The inflorescences are white flowers of regular shape with a pink tint. Flowering occurs in the period May - June. Lingonberry can be planted even in sour, poor soil. Among the most suitable substrates are peat and sand. The variety of cowberry "Coral", grown under the supervision of a person, has a good yield: during the season you can collect 60 kg of fruit from 1 hundred.
"Sanna"
Switzerland is the homeland of the variety, it has a good yield: one bush can produce up to 300 g of fruits. The growth of lingonberry occurs quite rapidly, for this reason it is often used to create beautiful landscape compositions. The height of shrubs varies from 15 to 30 cm. They are characterized by branching, pomp, grow among the thick of evergreen leaves.
With one brush you can collect about 6 berries. They have a smooth skin of coral-red gloss. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste. The mass of one cranberry is about 0.4 g.
Cowberry varieties "Sanna" It does not require special care. It can grow well in shading or near larger bushes. It has good winter hardiness, is not subject to diseases. 
Red Pearl
"Red Pearl" refers to the early varieties of lingonberries, its homeland is Holland. The height of the bushes reaches 30 cm, they have a wide, spreading crown. The variety has leaves of large size, dark green color, round shape.
Cowberry fruits are quite large, reaching 12 mm in diameter. Have a round shape, burgundy color. They are distinguished by a sweet and sour taste with a slight bitterness. For the season variety can give 2 crops. Frost resistant and is able to withstand temperatures up to -25 ° C.
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"Ruby"
"Ruby" refers to late-ripened lingonberry varieties. It is represented by an evergreen ground cover shrub whose height is 15-30 cm. It has small smooth leaves in the shape of ellipses, painted in a dark green color. Inflorescences have a pale pink color, similar to small bells.
Did you know? Lingonberry belongs to long-livers - its life span is more than 300 years. By this parameter, the plant is not inferior even to oaks.Flowering occurs in May and June. Fruiting falls at the end of August - early September. Berries "Rubin" have a rounded shape, when ripe, acquire a dark red color. Good shine in the light, have a sweet and sour taste. The mass of one cranberry is about 0.25 g.
"Ruby" refers to light-loving plants, it is better to plant a variety in acidic well-drained soil. After planting, the first harvest can be obtained after 4 years. Berries have a rich chemical composition, so they are often used in the preparation of infusions and decoctions. 
"Ammerland"
It is presented by low spherical bushes no more than 30 cm high. Their foliage has emerald green color. Ammerland has a high level of yield: 300 g of fruits with a sweet-sour taste are collected from one bush. They have a light red color and large size (1.1 cm in diameter). Fruiting occurs twice per season: in July and early September.
For planting fit well-lit lawns that are far from large trees that create shade. The above-ground part of the bushes grows fairly quickly, resulting in beautiful compact bushes.
"Mazovia"
The variety was obtained as a result of the work of Polish breeders from a wild-growing bush. Refers to the evergreen, there is always foliage on the bush. Plant height is about 30 cm. The fruits are quite small, the weight of one lingonberry is only 0.25 g. The variety has low yields. - from one bush only 40 g of fruits are collected.
Important! Be sure to regularly weed and remove weeds around the base of the bush. They take away the useful substances necessary for the plant, as a result of which the fruits grow small.However, despite the dullness, the berries have a pleasant sweet-sour taste. Fruiting falls around mid-autumn. Fruits are colored burgundy.
"Linnaeus"
Bred by Swedish scientists, was named in honor of the famous breeder. It is represented by tall bushes with a strong main shoot and underdeveloped peripheral ones. Plant height is 25 cm. The foliage is quite large. Flowering begins early, sometimes repeated in the autumn.
The fruiting period falls on the second half of the summer. Fruits of the variety have a size of about 0.45 cm. Painted in bright scarlet color, have a sweet-sour taste with bitterness. The yield of one bush at the age of 3 years is 150 grams of berries per season. Cowberry "Linnaeus" resistant to frost. In the absence of snow, it can survive frosts of up to -15 ° C. It is recommended to plant the plant in sour peat soil with good drainage.
"Kostromichka"
Belongs to the early ripe varieties of lingonberries. Represented by vigorous, compressed shrub with green middle shoots. On one fruit brush there are about 7 berries. Fruits of medium size and mass (0.28 g) have a rounded shape, are colored in burgundy, taste is sweet and sour, and have no flavor. The plant has good frost resistance, able to withstand cold to -15 ° C.
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"Erntzegen"
"Erntzegen" is the most large-fruited variety. The diameter of the fruit is 1-1.5 cm. The height of the bushes can reach 40 cm, they have flexible long shoots, long large leaves. The berries are painted in light red color, have a pleasant taste. Often they make jam, make jams, marmalade and other delicacies.
It has a good yield: 200 g of berries are collected from one shrub. But in most cases, this variety is used to create beautiful landscape compositions. 
"Erntkrone"
The growth of the average shrub of this variety is 25 cm. The fruits are colored dark red, characterized by a rich, sweet-sour taste. "Erntkrone" refers to large-fruited varieties - the mass of one lingonberry is 40-50 g
When planting shrubs in well-lit areas can significantly increase the amount of the crop. Proper care of the plant will allow harvesting 2 times per season. The grade possesses good frost resistance, has immunity to diseases and pests. 
In this article we told you what lingonberry looks like, presented the most common varieties and gave a description of them. Having planted lingonberries in your plot, you will not only acquire a storehouse of useful vitamins, but also decorate the garden with an unusual beautiful shrub.
