Blueray Blueberry — Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blueray' (GA Native Edible Shrub)

Blueray Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blueray') is a top-performing highbush blueberry cultivar celebrated for its heavy, reliable production of large, highly flavored sweet-tart berries that ripen in mid-season, making it one of the most rewarding edible landscape shrubs you can grow — an upright, mounding deciduous shrub with attractive elliptical dark green foliage that turns vibrant shades of red in fall for outstanding autumn color, producing clusters of delicate white urn-shaped spring flowers that give way to the prized mid-season berry harvest. Blueray is a Georgia native and East North American native that requires rich, moist, acidic, well-drained soils for optimal production. It has a high chill requirement of 800+ hours, making it best suited to cooler climates and upper Southern gardens. Plant with another blueberry cultivar for best cross-pollination and berry yields. Hardy to Zone 5.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Water regularly and mulch to retain moisture. Prune in late winter. Keep soil acidic to prevent chlorosis. Watch for blueberry maggot, fruit worms, spotted wing drosophila, and mummy berry fungal disease (remove affected fruit immediately).
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, Edible Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Thyme, Strawberry, Raspberry

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.