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Korean Blueberry

Vaccinium koreanum

Korean Blueberry
Photo: K.tae.hyeong., CC BY-SA 3.0

Korean blueberry is a deciduous shrub native to Korea and neighboring Liaoning Province in China, grown for its red berries. It is a cold-hardy species that needs acidic, moist soil and a cool climate.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but not soggy, using rainwater or soft water where possible.
Soil
Acidic, well-drained, humus-rich soil with pH around 4.5 to 5.5.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; suited to cool temperate climates, roughly -30 to 25 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Vaccinium koreanum, the Korean blueberry, Korean: 산앵도나무, romanized: sanaedonamu, Chinese: 红果越桔; pinyin: hóngguǒyuèjié, is a plant species native to Korea and neighboring Liaoning Province in China. It is a deciduous shrub with toothed leaves and red, ellipsoid berries.

Other Vaccinium plants

Lowbush blueberry · Farkleberry · Northern blueberry · Sea bilberry · New Jersey blueberry · Dwarf bilberry · Highbush blueberry · Creeping blueberry · Azorean Bilberry · Darrow's blueberry · Elliott's blueberry · Southern mountain cranberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium koreanum 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.

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