Vaccinium, Highbush Blueberry 'Sunshine Blue'

Adding this to my blueberry collection today

I've grown blueberries for years both for commercial you-pick and as a landscape plant. This blueberry is by far one of the easiest most ...Read Moretrouble free of all the varieties I have here in East Texas. Here where the Rabbiteye Blueberry is king this non-Rabbiteye can outshine for looks and curb appeal... not to mention it tolerates pH fluctuations better then any blueberry in the South I have run into yet.

If you are not wanting the challenges of growing blueberries but just want the berries the Sunshine Blue is your best bet.

Dan Goddard
SavoryScape, Inc.
http://www.savoryscape.com

I'm having very good luck with this Blueberry. Halfway thru its first year which was last summer I was trying to straighten it in its pot...Read More and snapped it off at dirt level, berries and all. amagine my dismay as I held my new bush... loaded with berries. well good thing I didnt dig out the roots and throw them away, because within a few weeks they started to sprout new stems. This year It has completely recovered and is full of delicious berries again.

I am growing 8 varieties of blueberry, and 'sunshine blue' which I picked for its good looks, is the best. I planted 4 of them with the p...Read Moreerennials because it is such a pretty plant in all seasons, and evergreen. It bears berries a few handfuls at a time over about a 2 month season. The berries are the sweetest and tastiest of all.

It likes sun, regular water, and is fine with my heavy clay soil. Doesn't seem to need any fertilizer.