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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 5-8 feet
Plant Spread: 4-5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Rabbiteye Blueberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Vaccinium virgatum
  • Synonym: Vaccinium ashei

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2004-06-08
Comments:
  • Posted by SCButtercup (Simpsonville SC - Zone 7b) on Aug 28, 2014 4:50 AM concerning plant:
    Tough plant that can even be grown on a dry hillside. Produces like crazy, but the birds usually get to the berries first. Great flavor and does well with a handful of compost or worm castings thrown in the soil at its base. Truly does not need much else.

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