| Scientific Name: | Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Common Name: | highbush blueberry |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Mixed shrub border, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Blue, Black, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems are reddish-brown; leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, most blades 3-6cm long x 1.5-4cm wide, glossy, dark green, undersides slightly glaucous and pubescent, margin serrate and wavy; flowers white, urn-shaped, ~1cm long, May-Jun; berries blue, Jun-Jul. Winter ID: twigs pubescent, reddish-brown; buds glabrous, scales tips pointed, claw-like. | |