How to grow lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
When to plant lowbush blueberry
Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Lowbush Blueberry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 6 to 24 in apart
- Sun
- Partial sun
- Soil pH
- 4.5 to 6
Common problems
- chlorosis in alkaline soil
- mummy berry
- spotted wing drosophila
- plant more than one for fruit set
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Vaccinium angustifolium (Lowbush Blueberry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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