Sweetheart blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sweetheart'
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size5 to 6 feet tall3 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Sweetheart' blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sweetheart') is a fruit for food gardens, hedges, borders, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows upright to about 5 or 6 feet tall and does best in acid soil. Bees, butterflies, and birds visit it.
Pairs well with Azalea, Pink-shell azalea, and Olga Mezitt rhododendron.