Sunshine Blue
Variety of Cultivated blueberry · Vaccinium corymbosum
Dwarf variety for containers and mild climates, self-fertile with a low chill requirement.
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1🇺🇸 USA 1990
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Southern Highbush (V. corymbosum interspec.)
- Breeder
- USA (Southern Highbush)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 1.4 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, firm, sweet, light-blue berries with good flavour.
Growth
Compact, dense dwarf bush of 0.8-1.0 m with decorative, semi-evergreen foliage.
Yield
Good yield for its size; mid-season ripening, with a very long harvest in mild climates.
Notes
Low chill requirement (~150 h) and tolerance of higher soil pH; ideal for balconies and warm regions.
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