BLUEBERRY – JERSEY HIGHBUSH #2
BLUEBERRY – JERSEY HIGHBUSH #2 BLUEBERRY – JERSEY HIGHBUSH #2

BLUEBERRY – JERSEY HIGHBUSH – #2

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Botanical Name: Vaccinium Corymbosum 'Jersey'

Common Name: Jersey Blueberry

Cultivar: Jersey

Plant Type: Shrub

The predominant commercial blueberry, featuring bumper crops of small sweet dark blue fruit in late summer, pretty bell-shaped flowers in spring, tall and bushy, blueberries need highly acidic soil, perfect drainage and mulch, plant with peat moss

Plant Categories: Shrub, Fruit & Berry Shrub, Edible, Fruit, Nut & Berry Shrub, Deciduous Shrub

Landscape Application: Orchard


Water Requirements
Average To Moist


Sunlight Requirements
Full Sun To Partial Shade


Plant Height
7 Feet


Plant Width/Spread
7 Feet

Advantages:

Attracts Birds

Native Plant

Has Edible Parts

Description

Growth & Care

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone4a
Soil PreferenceSandy
Soil pHAcidic
Recommended Pruning MethodBest If Not Pruned
Pollinator RequirementCultivar

Size & Shape

Growth RateMedium
Plant FormUpright Spreading

Additional Categories

Additional CategoryBlueberry

Foliage

Foliage TypeDeciduous
Foliage ShapeOval

Flowers

Flower ColorWhite
Flower PeriodIn Mid Spring

Edible

Edible ComponentBerries
Edible UseRaw, Cooking, Baking, Preserves
Edible Harvest PeriodFrom Mid To Late Summer

Edible Qualities

Jersey Blueberry is a medium-sized shrub that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces clusters of blue round berries which are usually ready for picking from mid to late summer. The berries have a sweet taste and a juicy texture.

The berries are most often used in the following ways:

Fresh Eating, Cooking, Baking, Preserves

Features & Attributes

Jersey Blueberry features dainty clusters of white bell-shaped flowers with shell pink overtones hanging below the branches in mid spring. It has green deciduous foliage. The glossy oval leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall. It features an abundance of magnificent blue berries from mid to late summer. The smooth brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

This is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Aside from its primary use as an edible, Jersey Blueberry is sutiable for the following landscape applications,

Orchard/Edible Landscaping

Planting & Growing

Jersey Blueberry will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years. This variety requires a different selection of the same species growing nearby in order to set fruit.

This shrub is typically grown in a designated area of the yard because of its mature size and spread. It does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have sandy, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is quite intolerant of urban pollution, therefore inner city or urban streetside plantings are best avoided, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selection of a native North American species.