Blueberries
£8.50
Productive & ornamental, need a moist, acid soil. Self-fertile
but crop better if at least two varieties are planted together.
Mature bush height is about 1.5 to 2 metres for most varieties,
unless stated otherwise.
Harvest times will vary with region and growing season.
| Bluecrop |
Mid. High yield, good flavour, large berries, good
autumn colour, best all rounder. Picks over a 5 weeks,
July to Mid-September. |
| Jersey |
Late season, small/medium berries, excellent flavour,
upright spreading bush. |
| Sunshine Blue
|
Small bush, up to 1 metre
high and wide, evergreen, easily grown, suits a wide
range of climates and soil types, good for containers,
well flavoured fruit. |
Bilberry
Native
berry for acid soils, high altitude and open woods. £3.00
Wild
Cranberry Vaccinium
oxycoccos Native prostrate creeping shrub for damp
acid soils. Edible red berries. £3.00
LINGONBERRY / COWBERRY Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Native heathland berry, popular in Scandinavia for preserves,
needs a damp, acid soil and stands semi-shade. £5.00