Botanical Name: Common Names:
Vaccinium corymbosum Legacy Highbush Blueberry,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Deciduous
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Citrus & Fruit, Hedging / Screening, Shrubs Spreading, Upright
Description:
Legacy is one of the best tasing Blueberry varieties available. The fruit matures mid season with medium sized berries that have exceptional flavour, sweetness and high levels of antioxidants . The bush has a upright, spreading habit with lovely orange foliage in autumn. Suitable to be planted into a deciduous hedge, as a mixed planting with other varieties of different maturing to extend fruiting season and makes a great potted specimen too. This variety is self fertile.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Edible Garden, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Hedging / Screening, Park And Gardens, Playgrounds, Container / Pot
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Ericaceae NorthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Orange
Flower Colour: Cream, Pink, White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: Medium / Moderate