Velvetleaf Blueberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides
Velvetleaf blueberry is a low, soft-haired wild blueberry of northern woods and barrens, prized for abundant sweet fruit. Cold-hardy and colony-forming on poor, acidic, sandy soils.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, PA, VT, WI, WV