SANDPOINT, Idaho — They call it purple gold, and people will lug heavy buckets and compete with bears to get some. Huckleberries only grow in the wild, and picking them has long fueled an underground ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — Huckleberry seedlings always sell out whenever the University of Idaho’s Pitkin Forest Nursery has them for sale. “Demand for huckleberry seedlings is skyrocketing,” nursery director ...

Several varieties of huckleberries grow in the Northwest. WSU researchers are working to domesticate Vaccinium membranaceum, also known as mountain huckleberry. Washington State University researchers ...

What: Evergreen huckleberry, vaccinium ovatum, is one of the Northwest’s most versatile yet underused native plants. Why plant it: Typically thought of as a woodland plant, it performs equally well in ...

Probably the last thing a home grower wants to hear from the Northwest Berry and Grape Information Network experts is this vaguely optimistic fact: "If all goes well, your huckleberries should start ...

Washington State University researchers are setting their sights on domesticating the wild huckleberry, a goal that has eluded plant scientists for decades. Huckleberries are notoriously fickle plants ...

Starting in late summer, national forests in Northwestern states like Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho fill with eager berry hunters hoping to find a cache of dark maroon huckleberries. It's ...

Aug. 30—A colorful, slow-growing box huckleberry found only in Bedford and Perry counties in 2020 will likely move soon to Pennsylvania's list of endangered plants. So too will the wedge-leaved violet ...

A huckleberry controversy is trending on Facebook Monday after someone spotted a picker using a huckleberry rake, and called them out for damaging the plants. Huckleberry rakes look like buckets with ...

What: Vaccinium ovatum, or evergreen huckleberry, is one of the most versatile and underused native plants of the Pacific Northwest. It provides a regional feel to our gardens and helps define the ...