Vaccinium darrowii 'Rosa's Blush' ~ Rosa's Blush Evergreen Blueberry

Rosa’s Blush Evergreen Blueberry is a colorful mounding shrub primarily grown for its size and color, due to the berries ripening a few clusters at a time over a long harvesting season. This slow but strong production of medium-sized sweet blueberries ripens early.  The small elliptical foliage emerges bright pink and matures to dusty blue-green with pink flush before turning deep purple-blue in fall. The shell-pink flower clusters bloom in spring  Grows best with full sun and rich, moist acidic well-drained soils.  While self fruiting 'Rosa's Blush should be planted with others to cross-pollinate to increase yield. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance. Water regularly and mulch.  Prune as needed in late winter. Chlorosis may occur in high PH soils.  Blight, rot, anthracnose, canker, and mildew are occasional problems. Blueberry maggot, fruit worms, and spotted wing drosophila can damage the fruit.  Mummy berry is a fungal disease that shrivels and dries the fruit- remove affected fruit immediately if spotted.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, Edible Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: California Lilac, Magnolia, Strawberry

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown