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Blueberry Elliott - Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott
  • Blueberry Elliott - Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott
  • Blueberry Elliott - Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott
  • Blueberry Elliott - Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott

Blueberry Elliott - Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott

Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott

Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott, or Blueberry Elliott, is a variety of fruit-bearing shrub with late fruiting, in August-September, and offers an abundant harvest of large blue fruits, fragrant and sweet, with firm flesh. It blooms in April-May, with pretty little white flowers that are a delight for foraging insects.

Description

Height at maturity 1,75 - 2 m
Spread at maturity 1 - 1,50 m
Exposure Sun, partial shade
Flowering period April - May
Hardiness -30°C
Origin North America

Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott, or Blueberry Elliott, is a variety of fruit-bearing shrub native to North America. This species with late fruiting, in August-September, and offers an abundant harvest of large blue fruits, fragrant and sweet, with firm flesh. It blooms in April-May, with pretty little white flowers that are a delight for foraging insects.

The Blueberry Elliott is very hardy, from -25°C to -30°C: it appreciates a sunny location with acidic soil enriched with heather eart, moist and well drained. Nicknamed the "Giant American Blueberry", it is a large tree that can reach a height of 2 metres and a spread of 1.50 metres. The Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott is an elegant addition to the garden, either in a bed or as a fruit hedge, with its magnificent, very dense, glossy deciduous foliage, which turns a blazing red to purple in autumn.

Cultivation and maintenance of the Blueberry Elliott is easy: generous watering at planting, then moderate, and annual pruning in February or early March. Self-fertile, Vaccinium corymbosum Elliott yield is much better when cross-pollinated: it is advisable to place at least one or two of its other blueberry bushes nearby.

Caractéristiques

  • Common name : Blueberry Elliott
  • Family : Ericaceae
  • Category : fruit tree
  • Spread : 1 - 1,50 m
  • Foliage : deciduous
  • Fruit : large to medium-sized fruits, blue with firm flesh, fragrant and sweet, hold well when frozen
  • Use : shrubbery - free or fruit hedges
  • Soil : acid
  • Earth to use : heath earth/compost/peat
  • Enemies : nothing to report
  • Possible diseases : crown rot - phytophthora

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