Northcountry Highbush Blueberry

The Northcountry Blueberry, Vaccinium 'Northcountry', has an attractive, sky blue colored fruit that is produced abundantly on this low, spreading shrub.  It has a sweet wild blueberry flavor, and this fruit is small to medium 1/4" in diameter.  One of the earliest producing blueberry cultivars, it displays a profusion of dainty white tinged pink bell-shaped flowers in spring.  It is a vigorous growing cultivar reaching bearing age in 2 years, and the fruits ripen in July.  Northcountry has bright red fall colors. Its dwarf size would make it a nice ornamental plant.  It likes an organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade.  The shallow, fibrous roots need constant moisture and good drainage.  Plants appreciate a good organic mulch.