🍃 Evergreen ground cover: The Red Carpet Berry (Gaultheria procumbens) grows in a carpet-like, dense, and flat manner, making it perfect for greening shady or semi-shady garden areas. 🍓 Decorative berries: From summer to winter, the plant bears red, aromatic fruits that are not poisonous but inedible—a beautiful splash of color in the cold season. 🌸 Delicate bloom in summer: Between July and August, light pink flowers appear, attracting bees and insects. ❄️ Easy to care for & hardy: With its evergreen foliage that turns reddish in winter, the carpet berry is easy to care for, robust, and frost-resistant. 🌿 Versatile: Ideal for garden beds, grave planting, underplanting shrubs, or container planting—easy to care for and long-lasting. The Red Carpet Berry (Gaultheria procumbens) is an attractive, evergreen ground cover that brings shady garden areas to life with its dense, creeping growth. Its glossy, elliptical leaves are decorative year-round and turn a warm reddish-brown in winter, adding accents even in the cold season. From July to August, small, light pink flowers appear, which are frequently visited by bees and insects. Subsequently, bright red, aromatic berries form, clinging to the plant into winter and providing additional ornamental value. The carpet berry loves semi-shady to shady locations and thrives in loose, humus-rich garden soils. It is easy to care for, hardy, and shallow-rooted, making it excellent for grave plantings, rock gardens, or as an underplanting for shrubs. – Botanical name: Gaultheria procumbens – German name: Red Carpet Berry, Red-fruited Partridge Berry – Growth form: creeping, carpet-like, dense – Growth height: 10–20 cm – Growth width: 30–40 cm – Flower color: light pink – Flowering period: July – August – Fruit: red, fragrant, inedible