6 Inch Live Starter Plant Blueberry Sunshine Blue Southern Highbush Vaccinium

Blueberry Sunshine Blue is a compact southern highbush selection prized for its self-pollinating habit, tidy rounded form, and abundant crops of sweet, mild blueberries. It is an excellent choice for containers, small gardens, and patios, offering multi-season interest with white spring blooms, summer fruit, and burgundy-red fall foliage.
This versatile shrub works well in edible landscapes, mixed borders, and large planters, where its manageable size and ornamental qualities shine. Fruit ripens in late spring to early summer and can be eaten fresh, baked into muffins and pies, or frozen for later use. It grows as a rounded, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub in mild climates and performs best with consistent moisture and acidic soil.
Species: Vaccinium corymbosum hybrid
Variety: Sunshine Blue
Type: Southern highbush blueberry
Plant_Habit: Compact, rounded, semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Acidic, well-drained, moisture-retentive, high organic matter
Days_to_Harvest: Fruit ripens late spring to early summer; plants typically begin fruiting 1 to 2 years after planting
Zones: 5 to 10
Germination: Not applicable
Sowing: Not applicable
Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart in the ground; one plant per 12 to 16 inch container
Notes: Self-pollinating, though cross-pollination with another southern highbush can increase yield; prune lightly in late winter to maintain shape