Home / Edible #1 Vaccinium cory Sweetheart/Southern Highbush Blueberry
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sweetheart'--COMMON NAME: Southern Highbush Blueberry-- GARDEN SIZE: 4-6 ft. x 3-6 ft.-- USDA ZONE: 4 to 8-- EXPOSURE: Full Sun-- WATER & SOIL: Acidic, well-drained, average moisture-- HABIT (FORM): Vase-shaped, compact shrub-- FOLIAGE: Deciduous; Blue green leaves that turn orange-red in the fall-- BLOOM TIME: Spring-- POLLINATION: Self-fertile. However, larger and earlier berries result if several cultivars are interplanted for cross-pollination-- FRUIT: Develops in the summer and then again in the fall-- CARE: Use an acidic fertilizer such as Holly-tone, in early spring before the leaves emerge. Be careful not to add too much and do not let the fertilizer build up around the stems at the base. If you do not have acidic soil, you can also add soil acidifier to help lower the pH around the root zone--
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