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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: | |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Mixed shrub border, Urban agriculture |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | Acidic |
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 are waxy and slightly serrated; flowers white, urn-shaped; fruit - typical blue berries. Winter ID: twigs pubescent, reddish-brown; buds glabrous, scales tips pointed, claw-like. |