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Description

An excellent blueberry species with large fruit and good autumn foliage best suited to cooler climates. Leave the fruit on the shrub until the last minute, as the fruit is very acidic and will not ripen after being picked. When ripe they make an excellent berry for cooking or eating fresh. Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous Shrub growing to 2 m by 2 m at a medium rate.
It is hardy to zone 2. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in August. The species is hermaphrodite and is pollinated by Bees. The plant is not self-fertile.
Suitable for: light and medium soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It can grow in semi-shade or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Cultivation

Landscape Uses: Border, Massing, Seashore. Requires a moist but freely-draining lime free soil, preferring one that is rich in peat or a light loamy soil with added leaf-mould. Prefers a very acid soil with a pH in the range of 4.5 to 6, plants soon become chlorotic when lime is present. Succeeds in full sun or light shade though it fruits better in a sunny position. Requires shelter from strong winds. Hardy to about -25°c. Often cultivated for its edible fruit in America, it is the most common and successful blueberry to be cultivated in Britain. There are many named varieties. A very variable plant, it usually blossoms freely in Britain. Plants are at least partially self-sterile, more than one variety is required in order to obtain good yields of fruit. Dislikes root disturbance, plants are best grown in pots until being planted out in their permanent positions. leave the fruit on the shrub until the last minute, as the fruit is very acidic and will not ripen after being picked. Does not grow well with blackberries or raspberries. Closely related to V. atrococcum and V. virgatum. Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus. Special Features:Attracts birds, North American native, Edible, Wetlands plant, Attracts butterflies, Attractive flowers or blooms. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 7 through 1. .
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 to 12 .
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is multistemmed with multiple stems from the crown . The root pattern is flat with shallow roots forming a plate near the soil surface . The root pattern is stoloniferous rooting from creeping stems above the ground .

Habitatsswamps
Habitatslow wet woods
Habitatspine barrens and dry uplands.
HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade
HabitatsWoodland Garden Sunny Edge
HabitatsDappled Shade

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