Blueberry - mid-season fruiting
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'
Common Name: Blueberry - mid-season fruiting
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: corymbosum
Cultivar: 'Bluecrop'
Category: Fruit & Vegetables
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Features: Edible fruit, Suitable for growing in containers, Has colourful autumn foliage
| Hardiness: Hardy | Height: 1.00 m (100 cm) |
| Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade | Spread: 1.00 m (100 cm) |
| Foliage Type: Deciduous | |
| Foliage Colour: Green |
Soil Type: Acidic
Ericaceous: Requires a neutral or acid soil (or ericaceous compost), with a pH of 7 or below
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Harvest: July & August
A mid-season variety which produces a heavy crop of light blue berries that are full of flavour. It is a vigorous shrub with an upright habit and has good drought resistance. Like all blueberries it must have moist acidic soil to flourish. Even without the added bonus of delicious berries it does make an attractive deciduous shrub with white flowers in spring and striking autumn colours.
- Garden care: Prepare the ground well before planting. Blueberries can also be grown in large pots and containers if ericaceous compost is used. Prune in winter cutting out dead or damaged branches. In spring feed with sulphate of ammonia sulphate of potash and bonemeal and top-dress with ericaceous compost.
Similar Plants:
Blueberry - late fruiting
Vaccinium 'Ozarkblue'
Blueberry - early fruiting
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluegold'
Related Articles:
Stumbleupon
Delicious
Digg
reddit
Facebook
Twitter