General Plant Information (Edit)
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 5-6 ft
Plant Spread: 4-5 ft.
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flower Color: White
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

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Common names
  • Blueberry
  • Northern Highbush Blueberry

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-09-15
Quite upright
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-20
Location: Fairfax, VA | March, 2023
Date: 2023-03-27
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-29
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA | November, 2023
Date: 2023-11-07
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (Outdoors)

Date: 2022-04-27
Location: Beautiful Tennessee, my garden
Date: May 29, 2017
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Jun 1, 2022 2:01 PM concerning plant:
    2022
    This variety started blooming mid-May, and is now fruiting at late may and early june. I have yet to taste the fruits.
Plant Events from our members
Meredith79 On May 23, 2015 Obtained plant
Have not seen this bloom and it has been planted just as long as Duke.
Meredith79 On May 21, 2015 Miscellaneous Event
Exceptionally attractive and tasty fruit is often larger than a quarter in size with a tangy sweet flavor; ripens mid-July. Large, glossy-green foliage becomes orange and yellow in fall.
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