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
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
Related native plants
More Vaccinium species
- Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
- Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
- Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)
- Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)