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Fresh berry picking season is here! Grow your own blueberries & raspberries with these easy-to-grow fruit shrubs. With their multi-season interest, these shrubs will make an excellent addition to any vegetable or landscape garden.<\/p>\n
BLUEBERRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Northblue Blueberry<\/strong><\/p>\n Vaccinium ‘Northblue’<\/em><\/p>\n Height:<\/strong> 2 Feet<\/p>\n Spread:<\/strong> 3 Feet<\/p>\n Sunlight:<\/strong> Full Sun to Part-Shade <\/p>\n Hardiness Zone:<\/strong> 3a<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n A very hardy hybrid blueberry for full-sun to part-shade with an upright open habit. This berry shrub produces a bumper crop of tasty, sweet, & juicy blueberry fruit in mid-summer. Plant in acidic soils (pH of 4 to 5) with excellent drainage & peat moss, with a thick top layer of mulch. The Northblue Blueberry is an excellent multi-seasonal shrub featuring rich green & glossy foliage in spring; delicious berries June to July; & vibrant orange fall color.<\/p>\n Plant more than one blueberry variety for best cross-pollination.<\/strong><\/p>\n ______________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n Chippewa Blueberry<\/strong><\/p>\n Vaccinium corymbosum x augustifolium ‘Chippewa’<\/em><\/p>\n Height:<\/strong> 3 feet<\/p>\n Spread:<\/strong> 4 feet<\/p>\n Sunlight: <\/strong>Full Sun to Part-Shade<\/p>\n Hardiness Zone:<\/strong> 3b<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n A very cold-hardy hybrid blueberry with a compact habit and good fall color. Produces huge crops of large, sweet, dark blue fruit Mid-summer. Plant in acidic soils (pH of 4 to 5) with excellent drainage & peat moss, with a thick top layer of mulch. For an extended picking season, combine Chippewa Blueberry with Northblue Blueberry, as the Chippewa Blueberry ripens a week earlier. This berry shrub is an excellent multi-season shrub with glossy green foliage in spring, juicy berries mid-summer, and brilliant red color in fall.<\/p>\n Plant more than one Blueberry variety for best cross-pollination.<\/strong><\/p>\n RASPBERRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Boyne Raspberry<\/strong><\/p>\n Rubus \u2018Boyne\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Height:<\/strong> 4 to 6 Feet<\/p>\n Spread:<\/strong> 3 to 4 Feet<\/p>\n Sunlight:<\/strong> Full Sun to Part-Shade<\/p>\n Hardiness Zone:<\/strong> 3a<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a very hardy, heavy-bearing, & disease-resistant raspberry shrub. Produces a large crop of huge, juicy, sweet red raspberries. Mid-season fruit, usually ripens in July. Great for canning, fresh eating, desserts, jams & jellies.<\/p>\n Self-pollinating variety<\/strong><\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________ <\/strong><\/p>\n Caroline Raspberry<\/strong><\/p>\n Rubus \u2018Caroline\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n Height:<\/strong> 3 to 4 Feet<\/p>\n Spread:<\/strong> 3 to 4 Feet<\/p>\n Sunlight:<\/strong> Full Sun to Part-Shade <\/p>\n Hardiness Zone:<\/strong> 3a<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n This hardy, disease-resistant raspberry shrub produces large, red berries. Considered a fall-bearing raspberry; plant with Boyne raspberries to extend your picking season. Excellent variety for fresh eating, desserts, jams & jellies.<\/p>\n Self-pollinating variety<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fresh berry picking season is here! Grow your own blueberries & raspberries with these easy-to-grow fruit shrubs. With their multi-season interest, these shrubs will make an excellent addition to any vegetable or landscape garden. BLUEBERRIES Northblue Blueberry Vaccinium ‘Northblue’ Height: 2 Feet Spread: 3 Feet Sunlight: Full Sun to Part-Shade Hardiness Zone: 3a … <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.balsamlakeprolawn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fruit-2.jpg\")
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