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Light blue berries are sweet and similar in flavor to lowbush blueberries. Blue Horizon Box Huckleberry is self-pollinating, though size can be increased slightly from cross pollination with Berried Treasure™. Dark red fall color. This species is among the oldest and largest living organisms. One plant, constantly renewing stems, covers over 100 acres and is estimated at 11,000 to 13,000 years of age, dating back to the end of the last ice age. Pink flowers in June. Late summer ripening, leaves turning dark red in autumn. Native to Eastern North America. Zone 5.
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