Vaccinium corymbosum Yello!Berryblue- American Blueberry

The Blueberry Bush (Vaccinium corymbosum) Yelloberry Blue is a brand new ornamental and delicious variety, noticed at the Salon du Végétal in 2018. This small fruit bush is well suited for small spaces and offers large sweet, juicy and fragrant fruits, with a slightly acidic flavour. Its foliage is very attractive: yellow from spring to summer, it turns beautiful coppery colours in autumn. With this self-fertile variety, a single plant will produce fruit at the end of July!

The Blueberry Bush belongs to the Ericaceae family, like heathers and rhododendrons. The highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), native to North America, is the one cultivated in gardens for its abundance and quality of fruit. It is an extremely cold-resistant bush with deciduous foliage that falls in autumn. It is easy to grow in very acidic, not chalky, soil, in a semi-shaded position, for example with morning sun.

The 'Yelloberry Blue' cultivar forms a dense bush with an erect, graceful habit, reaching an average height of 1.25 m (4ft), with a spread of 80 cm (32in). The leaves are 2 to 3 cm (1in) long, lanceolate, elliptical, entire and toothed. They change from spring yellow to summer yellow-green, before turning coppery orange in autumn. Flowering takes place in early May, in the form of charming small white bells edged with pink or faded red, 0.5 to 1 cm (0in) long, arranged in pendant clusters 2 to 5 cm (1 to 2in) long, at the ends of the stems. This is followed by the formation of bluish-purple berries, 1.2 to 1.5 cm (1in) in diameter, covered in bloom and slightly flattened.

The fruits ripen in summer, with the first harvest appearing from the 2^nd year of cultivation. On the same plant, the harvest will be staggered according to the ripeness of the fruits. The berries of this variety are juicy and very sweet, their flesh is white and slightly acidic. Blueberries are low in calories but high in nutritional value: they are rich in vitamins A, B, and C, calcium, and iron. They can be consumed freshly picked, in juice, jam, jelly, sorbet, or pastries (pies, muffins...). Blueberries can be stored for about ten days after picking and can be frozen for longer preservation.

To ensure optimal pollination and fruiting, it is recommended to plant 2 to 3 Blueberry plants, of the same variety or different varieties (including self-fertile varieties). In ornamental gardens, Blueberry Bush is a charming shrub, which will blend perfectly into acidic soil beds, alongside rhododendrons, azaleas, hydrangeas, andromedas, heathers, Mayberry... It also grows very well in a large pot: monitor watering (with non-chalky water) and regularly feed your blueberry bush.