Vaccinium corymbosum 'Ozarkblue'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Patented southern highbush variety released in 1996 by the Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Selected from the cross G-144 × FL64-76; tested as A-109. Believed to be about 81 % Vaccinium corymbosum, 13% V. darrowi, and 6% V. ashei. USPP 10,035. Origin: Tree: vigorous; semi-upright; consistent high yields. Fruit: large; light blue; scar, firmness, and flavor good; ripens 10 days later than Bluecrop and 10 days earlier than Tifblue at Clarksville, Ark. Spring budbreak later than most rabbiteye and southern highbush cultivars at Clarksville.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor vigorous
Productivity high productivity

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Synonyms

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Ozarkblue'