I grow all three highbush
blueberry bush varieties of Vaccinium corymbosum ('Blueray',
'Bluejay' and 'Bluecrop') in a single pot trained as a single
shrub. This insures you'll have full cross pollination without
having to buy three shrubs. I grow all three highbush
blueberry bush varieties of Vaccinium corymbosum ('Blueray',
'Bluejay' and 'Bluecrop') in a single pot trained as a single
shrub. This insures you'll have full cross pollination without
having to buy three shrubs.
Many years ago Dr. Coville of the U.S. Department of Agriculture crossed chosen varieties of the wild Native American Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum. The resulting plants are extremely ornamental with their scarlet autumn color and their red twigs in winter. They also produce large quantities of suculent blueberries. All of these original crosses of native blueberries were named with the word blue in the name. The canes may grow 6 to 12 feet in length if left unpruned, the species is generally trouble free and hardy to around zone 3 (Wyman, 471). If berries are desired we usually keep them pruned to an upright shrub 4 feet by 4 feet.
We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me. In spring I do an inventory of plants that have survived the winter and are mature enough to be sold. Each chosen plant has a label attached with an inventory number that will be listed here. When they are sold I highlight them in red with a date.
10_478G3$20, 10_479G3$20, 10_480G3$20 (plant # 10,480 in a 3 gallon pot for $20),
Sources of information.
Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens by Donald Wyman, published by The Macmillan Company in London 1969. Library of Congress Catalog card #69-18249