Unique Blueberry with Ornamental FeaturesPink Lemonade Blueberry is a deciduous, fruit-bearing bush. Several of these would look outstanding at the back of your perennial bed, along a foundation or even plant just one in your garden for a summer treat. Blueberry bushes are special in that they not only produce delicious fruit, but are also beneficial as an ornamental shrub.Your Pink Lemonade Blueberry will amaze you with its versatility. Petite, bell-shaped flowers will be your first surprise when the delicate, pink-hued blooms appear in spring. Their light fragrance will call to pollinators, enhancing your experience with the butterflies and bees that come in for a visit. Pink Lemonade will fill out nicely for summer into a vase-like shape. Its silver-blue and serrated, lanceolate leaves blanket the arching limbs, creating a lovely silhouette for your landscape. As summer progresses, tiny green berries will appear, slowly transitioning to white, then light pink, and finally the dark pink that indicates they’re ready for a taste. Much sweeter than most blueberries, they also possess a firm texture and are excellent for eating plain, or in a variety of culinary dishes. Another special feature of your Pink Lemonade is that, unlike many other blueberry varieties, the harvest will continue on into fall, so you can enjoy these sumptuous beauties long into the season. When autumn is upon you, you’ll revel in the orange-red coloring of the leaves that is the final ornamental step before the leaves drop to reveal the yellow-red twig color underneath.Pink Lemonade Blueberry will grow to 5 feet in height with an equal spread. It’s a compact variety with lower cold requirements than most blueberries, and also relatively pest free. Pink Lemonade prefers full sun and acidic soil and although self-fertile, will perform best with other blueberries planted nearby. You can’t go wrong with Pink Lemonade Blueberry! The cancer-fighting antioxidant properties of the fruit is reason alone to have one in your yard, but the ornamental qualities and special features of this unique shrub make it a must have. * Exceptional fruit * Ornamental, year-round interest * Wildlife interest.
Category: Blueberry Plants
Duke Blueberry
Prolific, Early-Ripening BlueberryDuke Blueberry is a northern highbush blueberry that produces exceptional fruit. It’s such a prolific producer that the branches often droop, so planting one where you have a trellis would work well. These also make a decorative hedge that can’t be beat!Blueberries are considered a beautiful, productive plant with spring flowering against dark green foliage, delicious fruit in summer and fiery orange/red foliage for autumn color…and Duke is no exception.Your Duke Blueberry produces blooms late but ripens early, protecting blossoms from late frosts. The spring flowers arrive white with a pink hue. The delicate, bell-shape blossoms present an elegant contrast against the green, leathery foliage. Yellow-orange leaves in autumn round out the ornamental nature of this remarkable blueberry bush.Duke Blueberry is a heavy, consistent producer you can count on to provide you with delicious fruit every year. The medium to large berries are very firm and retain their fresh quality longer than other varieties, so you can easily store some or share a few with friends and neighbors. Duke is particularly renown for its superb berry with a mildly tart flavor.Your Duke Blueberry will grow to 6 feet in height with an 8 foot spread. It has an upright growth habit, and is stem blight as well as deer resistant. Plant your Duke Blueberry in a full sun location in your yard where there are acid soils for best performance.Blueberries are extremely nutritious and have a high vitamin content. So planting a blueberry bush is an investment in not only beauty, but health as well. Duke Blueberry is a great bush to start with for a hardy, easy-to-care-for plant that can be counted on for great performance.* Exceptional fruit* Spring flowers* Fall color* Hardy.