Darrow's Blueberry
Vaccinium darrowii
Darrow's blueberry is a low evergreen blueberry of Southeastern pinelands with striking blue-green foliage, the heat-tolerant parent of Southern highbush varieties. Sweet small berries feed wildlife and people.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS