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SPLENDID!™ Blue
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
'NC4499'
PPAF; CBRAF
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- Ornamental + edible
- Sweet, tasty berries
- Handsome blue foliage
- Description
Splendid! Blue blueberry is the rare blueberry that combines incredible sweetness and flavor with genuine ornamental value. This tidy highbush blueberry naturally grows as a neat, rounded mound of dusky blue foliage that looks great with other plants and any color of home - even difficult-to-complement red and orange brick. Spring brings lovely white flowers, and summer sees the development of luscious blueberries that are very sweet and flavorful. It will set fruit without a pollinator but sets more fruit, and larger fruit if a compatible pollinator (any warm climate blueberry should do) is present.
- USDA Zone
- 6-9 (-10°F/-23.3°C)
- Exposure
- Full sun
- Height
- 3-4'
- Width
- 3-4'
- Type
- Deciduous
- Bloom Time
- Late spring
- Flower Color
- White
- Foliage Color
- Blue
- Liner Sizes
- 2 1/4", 4", Quick Turn
General Care
Soil
As with all blueberries, well-drained, acidic soil is imperative.Pruning
Remove oldest wood each year in early spring, starting 4-6 years after plantingUses
Specimen, hedge, edible landscaping, mass plantingGrowing Tips
Plant in full sun for best foliage color and fruiting.Features: Attracts pollinators, Clay soil, Edible, Foliage interest, Fragrant, Heat tolerant, New
Filters: Botanical genus: Vaccinium, Common name: Highbush blueberry, Retail program: Proven Winners® ColorChoice®, USDA Zone 6, USDA Zone 7, USDA Zone 8, USDA Zone 9, Exposure: Full sun, Bloom time: Spring, White flowers, Blue foliage
Features: Attracts pollinators, Clay soil, Edible, Foliage interest, Fragrant, Heat tolerant, New
Filters: Botanical genus: Vaccinium, Common name: Highbush blueberry, Retail program: Proven Winners® ColorChoice®, USDA Zone 6, USDA Zone 7, USDA Zone 8, USDA Zone 9, Exposure: Full sun, Bloom time: Spring, White flowers, Blue foliage