Description
V. angustifolium var. laevifolium – Lowbush – Blueberry – This Eastern and central Canada species in a low spreading, densely branched deciduous shrub growing to any where from 4-24” tall and wide. It produces lance shaped, minutely toothed, glossy, blue green leaves to 1 ½” long turning purple in autumn. Bell shaped white, sometimes pink tinged flowers, ½” long are borne in pendent, axillary ant terminal racemes to 2” long, in mid and late spring, they are followed by edible, sweet, spherical, blue-black berries, to ½” across. Prefers well-drained acidic soil.
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.
Zones 2-8
