SMALL FRUIT

VACCINIUM: BLUEBERRY

Blueberries are a delicious fruit growing on a compact plant.  This plant also makes a beautiful ornamental shrub with its white flowers and brilliant orange-red fall color.  Clusters of blue fruit ripen in mid to late summer. Blueberries prefer an acidic soil in a sunny to partial shade location.   Add peat moss to the soil in order to obtain the required condition. Blueberries are self-fertile but the yield will be higher and the quality of fruit will be better if two or more varieties are used.  

 Blueberry Cultivars for the Prairies

Cultivar Name Height Spread

Zone

Fruit

Description
North Blue Blueberry

Vaccinium x 'North Blue'

 

 2 feet           2 feet 3 Large & attractive. This  low-growing plant is completely self-fruitful,  producing fruit with a good blueberry flavor.  The glossy, dark green leaves turn to a deep bright red in the fall.  Requires winter protection.
North Country Blueberry

Vaccinium x 'North Country'

 2 feet          3 feet 3 Sweet and mild flavored. This sibling of 'Northsky' is larger and more productive than the parent. It is partially self-fruitful. Ripens in August.
Northland Blueberry

Vaccinium x 'Northland'

 3 feet          4 feet 3 Small, dark blue fruit with a wild berry flavor This low plant has a spreading growth habit and excellent foliage.  Ripens in August.
Northsky Blueberry

Vaccinium x 'Northsky'

 1 feet          2 feet 3 Small, sky blue fruit with very sweet flavor. Northsky is a good producer with an extended fruiting season.

Compiled by Rachel Giesbrecht on August 18, 2004

 

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