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Plant: Climax - Blueberry
Vaccinium virgatum 'Climax'
$9.98
Size: 1 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
Spring
More about this plant
An early-ripening rabbiteye blueberry that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, with bell-shaped spring flowers, glossy leaves and bright fall color. Plant a second early-blooming rabbiteye such as Tifblue or Premier nearby for cross-pollination. It needs full sun and acidic, well-drained soil with a pH near 4.5 to 5.5.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An early-ripening rabbiteye blueberry that grows 6 to 8 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide, with bell-shaped spring flowers, glossy leaves and bright fall color. Plant a second early-blooming rabbiteye such as Tifblue or Premier nearby for cross-pollination. It needs full sun and acidic, well-drained soil with a pH near 4.5 to 5.5.
- Flowers
- Small white to pink bell or urn shaped flowers in clusters in spring.
- Foliage
- Glossy elliptical to ovate leaves, reddish green in spring, with orange, red and purple fall color.
- Fruit
- Light blue berries that ripen early, from late May into June.
- Bark & stems
- Light brown to gray bark that exfoliates; older stems are thinly furrowed.
- Pruning
- Remove flowers at planting and through the first year; from the third year prune in late winter to remove dead wood and shape.
- Native range
- Eastern North America
