Blueberry - Blueray

Prune as needed in late winter beginning in the third year after planting. The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage. Blueberries are a gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup. Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!. The Blueray Blueberry, 'Vaccinium 'Blueray', is a heavy producer of high quality large, powder-blue berries with outstanding dessert flavor. They perform well on loose textured soils--mixtures of sand and peat are best. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop. Pink tinged flowers are followed by edible, sweet, round, deep blue berries to 1/2 inch across. It prefers an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It is a midseason blueberry that ripens early August. The blueberry grows best on sites where most other crops fail. This deciduous shrub is dense with an upright, multiple-branched growth habit. The foliage turns a burgundy color in the fall. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch. It is similar to the Bluecrop, but a bit sweeter. ... details