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Blueberry Sunshine Blue
Blueberry Sunshine Blue
Blueberry Sunshine Blue
- Zone 5-10
- Height 36 - 48 inches
- Flowering Date Spring.
- Sun Exposure Full Sun, Partial Shade
- Ship As 1 GALLON POT
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Product Description
It has medium-sized, light blue berries with a wonderfully addicting, spritely flavor. Semi-dwarf matures at less than 3' tall, making it a perfect landscape plant. Tolerates a higher soil pH than most others. Showy, hot pink flowers fade to white and yield large crops. Evergreen foliage. Ripens late season. Zones 5 - 10.
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Botanical Name:
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sunshine Blue' - Form: Edible
- Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
- Height/Habit: 36 - 48 inches
- Spread: 36 - 48 inches
- Spacing: 36 - 48 inches
- Hardiness Zone: 5-10
- Flowering Date: Spring.
- Winter Care: In zone 5, plant in area protected from winter winds and use protective mulch. Containers should be well protected or moved to lighted enclosed area.
- Shipped: 1 GALLON POT
- Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate.
- Shipping Season: Spring
- Flower Color: Pink
- Flower Form: Pink blossoms fading to white. 1/4 - 1/2 inch blossoms.
- Foliage Type: Blue-green foliage that turns burgundy in fall.
- Pruning: Mature blueberry bushes should be pruned lightly, but not until they are three years old. Once they have reached three years, you should begin pruning early in the Spring every year. Just remove some of the oldest branches, and snip off any very weak looking twigs. Then you can trim all of the remai
- Soil Requirement: Heavy and loose soils. Tolerates lower acidic soil than most blueberries.
- Additional Information: Sunshine Blue has it all. This semi-dwarf, versatile evergreen blueberry features showy hot-pink flowers that fade to white in Spring, yielding large crops of delicious berries. Sunshine Blue tolerates higher pH soils better than many other blueberries and it is self-pollinizing. The low chilling requirement of 150 hours makes it suitable for warmer climates, but we find it is surprisingly cold-hardy and a wonderful addition to any garden. Excellent ornamental variety. Sweet medium sized berries.
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