Blueberries

£8.50

Productive & ornamental, need a moist, acid soil. Self-fertile but crop better if at least two varieties are planted together.

Mature bush height is about 1.5 to 2 metres for most varieties, unless stated otherwise.

Harvest times will vary with region and growing season.
 

Bluecrop	Mid. High yield, good flavour, large berries, good autumn colour, best all rounder. Picks over a 5 weeks, July to Mid-September.
Hardyblue	Early/Mid. Older variety well suited to most soils including clay. Vigorous bush, orange autumn colour, red winter stems. Medium sized berries, firm and exceptionally sweet, great for baking.
Jersey	Late season, small/medium berries, excellent flavour, upright spreading bush.
Patriot	Mid. Vigorous bush. Very large berries, tightly packed. Excellent flavour.Tolerates wet soils, good resistance to root rot. Ornamental and productive.
Spartan	Early/mid. Vigorous upright bush, large fruit, good flavour.
Sunshine Blue	Small bush, up to 1 metre high and wide, evergreen, easily grown, suits a wide range of climates and soil types, good for containers, well flavoured fruit.

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Wild Cranberry        Vaccinium oxycoccos  Native prostrate creeping shrub for damp acid soils. Edible red berries. £3.00

LINGONBERRY / COWBERRY Vaccinium vitis-idaea 'KORALLE' Native heathland berry to 30 cms, popular in Scandinavia for preserves, needs a damp, acid soil and stands semi-shade. Spreads slowly by suckers. £5.00