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Vaccinium angustifolium
Also called Northern Lowbush Blueberry, Sugarberry, Low Sweet Blueberry, Early low-bush blueberry, Early Lowbush Blueberry, Sweet Lowbush Blueberry, Upland Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium is a low, spreading deciduous shrub native to eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States, grown for its small sweet wild blueberries. It thrives in acidic, well-drained soil in full sun and spreads by rhizomes, so it is best suited to a dedicated bed or wild-style patch rather than a single container.
Vaccinium angustifolium, commonly known as the wild lowbush blueberry and the low sweet berry is a species of blueberry native to eastern and central Canada, Great Lakes and the northeastern United States.
Vaccinium angustifolium has a two-year production cycle. The first year is known as the vegetative year and the second is known as the fruit-bearing year.
In order to be productive each year, most farmers divide their land to have half their crop in the vegetative year while the other half is in the fruit-bearing year.
The lowbush blueberry is native to central and eastern Canada (from Manitoba to Newfoundland) as well as north-central and eastern United States (growing as far south as the Great Smoky Mountains and west to the Great Lakes region). In its native habitat the plant grows in open conifer woods, old fields, and sandy or rocky balds.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium angustifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
