V. corymbosum \u2013 Highbush blueberry \u2013 Swamp blueberry<\/strong> \u2013This upright, dense, many branched, deciduous shrub with arching shoots from Eastern North America, grows 5-6\u2019 feet tall and wide. It produces lance shaped, smooth or toothed edged, mid green leaves 1-3 \u00bd\u201d long turning scarlet in autumn. In late spring and early summer, it bears pendent, terminal racemes, to 2\u201d long of cylindrical, white sometimes red tinted flowers, \u00bd\u201d long, they are followed by edible, sweet, spherical, white bloomed, blue-black berries, to \u00bd\u201d across. Prefers boggy soil.<\/p>\n

Grow in acidic, peaty or sandy, moist but well drained soil in full sun or partial shade, some prefer boggy ground. Protect from the hottest summer sun.<\/p>\n

Prone to caterpillars, scale insects, gray mold (botrytis), leaf gall, bud gall, dieback, Phytoptora crown and root rot, powdery mildew, rust, and witches broom.<\/i><\/p>\n

Zones 3-7<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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