Blueberry - Patriot

Birds love blueberries so be sure to plant enough to share!. You may get 10-20 pounds of dark blue, highly flavored fruit from a single bush. Blueberries are a delicious gourmet treat that may be eaten fresh or used in cobbler, cake, sauce, jam, jelly or syrup. Plants appreciate a good organic mulch. Prune early before spring growth. The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage. Its waxy, bell-shaped, white flowers appear in May, which makes it an early season variety. Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces the best fruit crop. Patriot is a highbush blueberry cultivar which typically grows 4-6’ tall. This vigorous, upright and open shrub is an excellent landscape plant with its spring flowers and orange fall color. It is self-pollinating. It likes an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. The Patriot Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Patriot', has large blue fruit with excellent blueberry flavor, borne in tight clusters, and ripening in late July. Its cold hardiness and consistent crops of giant (quarter-sized) fruit make it a popular selection. It is low growing and spreading with arcing branches. Blueberries are delicious, exceptionally nutritious, high in bioflavanoids. ... more