Cultivation
Vaccinium parvifolium is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscape, native plant, and habitat gardens; and restoration projects. Another cultivated species of similar size and habitats is the evergreen Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry).
As a crop plant (along with the other huckleberries of the genus Vaccinium in western North America), it is not currently grown on a large Commercial agriculture scale, despite efforts to make this possible. It requires acidic soil (pH of 4.5 to 6) and does not tolerate root disturbance.
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