Native broadleaf evergreen to eastern Canada, New England, New York, New Jersey, northern Pennsylvania, northeast Ohio, Michigan, northern Indiana, northeast Illinois, Wisconsin, and eastern Minnesota; and over in northern Eurasia. It grows in bogs, swamps, and wet shores in draining wet, acid soil. It is a sensitive plant and can die out in landscapes and it is supposed to be short-lived. I bought one from a native nursery near Phoenixville, PA in a 1 gallon pot. I kept it in a big pot for two years where I made the potting soil more acid with iron sulfate. I left the pot out in winter in a sheltered place, but it still died. I should have sunk the pot into the ground and covered with some mulch.

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