Vaccinium corymbosum 'Chippewa'
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$31.99
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🌿 General Description
- Type: Deciduous fruiting shrub
- Group: Half-high blueberry (Northern hybrid)
- Habit: Compact, slightly spreading
👉 More vigorous and productive than several dwarf cultivars.
📏 Height and Width
- Height: 0.9 to 1.2 m (3 to 4 feet)
- Width: 0.9 to 1.2 m
👉 Good size for:
- growing rows
- fruiting hedges
- edible residential gardens
🫐 Fruits
- Color: Dark blue
- Size: Medium to good
- Taste: Sweet, well-balanced
- Production: Abundant and reliable
👉 Harvest:
- early to mid-season (often July)
💡 Very good for:
- fresh consumption
- freezing
- pick-your-own
🌸 Flowering
- White bell-shaped flowers
- Spring
👉 Very attractive to pollinators
☀️ Exposure
- Full sun (optimal)
- Partial shade tolerated but reduced yield
🌱 Soil (very important)
- Soil must be acidic (pH ~4.5 to 5.5)
- Rich in organic matter
- Well-drained
👉 Without acidic soil = poor growth and production
❄️ Hardiness
-
Zone 3 to 7
👉 Very reliable for Quebec (excellent point)
💧 Maintenance
- Regular watering (especially young plants)
- Mulching recommended (pine needles, wood chips)
- Light pruning after establishment
🛡️ Resistance
- Good cold resistance
- Good general disease tolerance
- Stable and low-maintenance plant