Search Results for "Vaccinium"

Vaccinium nummularia (Nummularia-like blueberry)

Other names: Himalayan whortleberry, Coin whortleberry

V. nummularia is a compact, slow-growing, evergreen shrub with small, oval to rounded, glossy, convex, dark green leaves, red when young, and clusters of pendent, urn-shaped, pink-tipped, white flowers in spring followed by edible, blue-black fruit.
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0.9m max. spread

0.3m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Vaccinium arboreum (Farkleberry)

Other names: Sparkleberry, Tree whortleberry, Winter huckleberry, Batodendron andrachniforme, Batodendron arboreum, Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens, Missouri farkleberry, Vaccinium diffusum

V. arboreum is a spreading, deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree with exfoliating, grey to reddish-brown bark and leathery, glossy, ovate to elliptic, dark green leaves turning red to reddish-brown in autumn. Racemes of fragrant, bell-shaped, white flowers in spring are followed by spherical, edible, glossy, black fruit.
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4.5m max. spread

5.5m max. height

10-20 years to maturity

Vaccinium formosum (Southern highbush blueberry)

Other names: Swamp highbush blueberry, Southern blueberry, Vaccinium australe

V. formosum is an upright, deciduous shrub with elliptic to ovate, mid- to dark green leaves and clusters of urn-shaped, white flowers in spring followed by edible, dark blue fruit ready for harvest in summer.
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3m max. spread

4m max. height

10-20 years to maturity