Blueberry
- Botanical Name
- Vaccinium species
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 7(8)
- Height
- 6 inches to 12 feet
- Width
- 2 to 12 feet
- Flowers
- White, sometimes with pink tinge
- Fruit
- Blue-black berry
- Light
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, acidic
- Planting & Care
- Amend planting bed as needed, easy to grow with proper soil conditions
- Problems
- Chlorosis in alkaline soils, birds
- Varieties
- Low bush blueberries are smaller and hardy to Zone 2.
- University of Minnesota introduced half-high series that are hardy to -40 degrees.
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