Blueberry plants are perennial woody shrubs. They are one of the few native American fruits commonly grown in the home garden ...

There are several types of blueberry plants: highbush, half-high, lowbush and rabbiteye. Highbush blueberries reach five to six feet tall and will spread an equal amount (zones 4 through 8).

Blueberry roots lack the fibers or ‘hair’ of other plants and thus are very sensitive and can easily be burned by too much fertilizer. If you do fertilize be careful not to over fertilize.

The bushes, while low, were taller than the usual plants, and the berries weren’t as sweet. Most of the blueberries in the forest are the low-bush blueberry or vaccinium augustifolium. In Goshen, one ...

Highbush blueberry plants can grow up to 6 feet, but Mount Pisgah is also host to a few lowbush blueberry plants, Theriault said. Lowbush plants grow up to 2 feet and account for a far larger ...

Low-bush blueberry will grow in partial shade. She recommended mint family varieties with narrow leaves, noting that these nourish insects threatened by climate change. Trees ...

Carey: I’m standing on a hillside. All around me are short shrubs with purple stems and waxy leaves. A brisk December wind moves through the lowbush blueberry bushes. But among the plants sits ...

-- B.G., via email. Dear B.G.: Blueberry bushes are attractive and make good plants for landscaping. The small bell-shaped white flowers are followed by berries, and the leaves turn red in the fall.

Lowbush blueberry plants are grown more often in Northeastern states like Maine and New Hampshire, said Locker. They grow closer to the ground, produce small berries and are more difficult to grow ...