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Bluecrop Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'


Hardiness Zones: 4 - 8   View Map
  • Produces big clusters of large, light blue berries that are firm and somewhat tart—great for preserves, baking, freezing and fresh eating
  • Yields ripe fruit in July, producing 10–20 lbs. each summer
  • Is self-fertile, but cross-pollination produces a better crop—creating larger yields of larger berries; it is best to plant more than one variety with the same bloom time 4–6' apart
  • Blooms in May, with white (possibly tinged pink) flowers covering the plant
  • Provides fiery red fall color
  • Has a chill hours (CU) requirement of 600–1,000 (chill hours are the average hours of air temperature between 32° and 45° F in a typical winter season)
  • Grows in a rounded shape
  • Tolerates drought moderately

Tree Details

Shape

Rounded

Growth Speed

Slow to Medium

Scientific Name

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluecrop'

Mature Height

4' - 6'

Mature Spread

3' - 4'

Shipping Height

1' - 1 1⁄2'

Highlights

Bluecrop is a highbush blueberry cultivar. It produces all-purpose blueberries that are firm and somewhat tart — great for preserves, baking, freezing, and fresh eating. With this shrub, you will harvest as much as 10–20 lbs. of fruit every July. It also provides some nice landscape value with a bloom of white flowers in May and fiery red color in the fall.

Blueberry plants are self-fertile, but cross-pollination produces a better crop — creating larger yields of larger berries. So it is best to plant more than one variety with the same bloom time 4'–6' apart.

Learn more about planting and caring for your blueberry bush.

Sun Preference

Full Sun

Soil Preference

Acidic, Drought

Wildlife Value

The shrub provides nutrition for bees in early summer. White-tailed deer and eastern cottontails eat the leaves and twigs of this shrub. It also produces one of the most important fruits for wild animals. Some animals that eat these blueberries include: eastern bluebird, northern cardinal, gray catbird, wild turkey, northern mockingbird, brown thrasher, mourning dove, American robin, red fox, eastern cottontail, white-footed mouse, striped skunk and eastern chipmunk.

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