Vaccinium ashei 'Alapaha' PP16266 ~ Downhome Harvest® Bless Your Heart® Blueberry

Vaccinium ashei 'Alapaha' PP16266 ~ Downhome Harvest® Bless Your Heart® BlueberryBless Your Heart Blueberry is an open upright deciduous shrub that produces richly flavored medium sized to large blueberries. The elliptical blue green foliage turns shades of red in the fall. The white flower clusters bloom later than other varieties in mid spring. Grows best with full sun and rich, moist acidic well drained soils. While self fruiting, it should be planted with others to cross pollinate and increase yield. The DownHome Harvest

Bless Your Heart Blueberry is an open upright deciduous shrub that produces richly flavored medium-sized to large blueberries.  The elliptical blue-green foliage turns shades of red in the fall.  The white flower clusters bloom later than other varieties in mid-spring.  Grows best with full sun and rich, moist acidic well-drained soils.  While self fruiting, it should be planted with others to cross-pollinate and increase yield.  The DownHome Harvest series has improved heat, disease, and pest resistance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance. Water regularly and mulch.  Prune as needed in late winter. Chlorosis may occur in high PH soils.  Blight, rot, anthracnose, canker, and mildew are occasional problems. Blueberry maggot, fruit worms, and spotted wing drosophila can damage the fruit.  Mummy berry is a fungal disease that shrivels and dries the fruit- remove effected fruit immediately if spotted.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, Edible Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Thyme, California Lilac, Rhododendron

IMAGES: Photo by Bottoms Nursery, Alapaha Rabbiteye Blueberry, (2) Andrea_44, Blueberries, (3) Rebecca Siegel, More ready than not

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