Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
The commercial wild blueberry of Maine — sweet small berries on a low spreading groundcover. Requires acidic, well-drained soil. Brilliant scarlet fall foliage.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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