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Bless Your Heart™ Rabbiteye Blueberry
Vaccinium ashei 'Alapaha' PP16266
Elevate your recipes and landscape with this vigorous rabbiteye blueberry that yields many medium to large berries known for their appealing color, flavor, firmness and shelf life. White flowers grace this disease and pest resistant shrub. You’ll love its compact, upright habit, heat tolerance and versatility in the garden (and kitchen). Plant with Takes the Cake™ or other rabbiteye varieties for best fruit set.
Bloom/Feature
White flowers appear in early spring followed by fruit
Plant Type
EdiblesNew IntroductionsPreview
Evergreen or Deciduous
Deciduous
USDA Zones
7, 8, 9
Zone Detail
Key Features
Attracts Birds / Butterflies, Compact Habit, Cut Flowers, Disease / Pest Resistance
Use
Border, Container, Hedge, Mass Planting, Privacy Planting
Exposure
Full Sun
Water
Soil Type
Well-drained garden soil
Fertilizer
Yearly in early spring
Dimensions
4-5' H x 3-4' W
Pruning
After flowering
Planting Instructions
- water before planting
- plant in Full Sun
- dig hole 2X the width of pot,
- backfill and plant 1"-2" above soil level
- water and add more soil if needed
- mulch plants
