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Wintergreen/ partridge berry, Gaultheria procumbens

gaultheria procumbens The fruit can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruit has a very strong spicy taste of germolene, just like being in a hospital waiting room.

Best after a frost, the fruit hangs onto the plant until spring if it is not eaten by birds etc.

The fruits can also be used in pies, or made into jams etc.

The fruit is up to 15mm in diameter.

Young leaves are edible raw. Dry and powdery according to our taste buds.

A very agreeable tea is made from the fresh leaves. A stronger tea can be made by first fermenting the bright red leaves.

'Oil of wintergreen' can be distilled from this plant. It is used to flavour beer, sweets, chewing gum etc.

Partridgeberry leaves were widely used by the native North American Indians in the treatment of aches and pains and to help breathing whilst hunting or carrying heavy loads.

An essential oil (known as 'oil of wintergreen') obtained from the leaves contains methyl salicylate, which is closely related to aspirin and is an effective anti-inflammatory.

A good ground-cover plant for shady positions though it requires weeding for the first year or so. Forming a dense tuft-like carpet, it roots as it spreads and should be spaced about 45cm apart each way.