Blueberry - mid-season fruiting (Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop') | Fruit & Vegetables | Plants

Blueberry - mid-season fruiting

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'

Common Name: Blueberry - mid-season fruiting
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: corymbosum
Cultivar: 'Bluecrop'

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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.