Plant Min Zone: 6a
Plant Max Zone: 8a
Sunlight: Full Sun, Part Sun
Water / Rainfall: Average, High
Soil Quality: Rich
Bloom Season: Spring
Flower Color: White, Light Pink
Berry / Fruit Color: Bluish Black
Spring Foliage Color: Bluish Green
Summer Foliage Color: Bluish Green
Fall Foliage Color: Orange, Gold, Red
Evergreen Foliage: Some
Winter Interest: Yes
Scented Flowers: No
Drought Tolerance: Low, Medium
Wet-Feet Tolerance: Medium
Humidity Tolerance: Medium, High
Wind Tolerance: Low, Medium
Poor Soil Tolerance: Sandy Soils, Acidic Soil (low PH)
Height: 3' - 4'
Width: 3' - 4'
Growth Rate: Slow, Medium
Service Life: Medium: 3-5 years
Maintenance Need: Medium
Spreading Potential: Low
Yearly Trimming Tips: Prune Shrub Sparingly: Berry / Fruit Production Will be Reduced or Eliminated with Pruning: Blooms on Old Wood.
Plant Grouping Size: Specimen Planting of 1-3, Small Grouping of 3-5
Best Side of House: East Exposure, North Exposure
Extreme Planting Locations: None
Ornamental Features: Multiple Seasons of Interest, Long Lasting Fall Color, Easy to Eat Edibles
Special Landscape Uses: None
Possible Pest Problems: Rabbits, Deer, Nematoads / Worms, Stem/Crown Disease, Root Rot Disease
Plant Limitations: Needs Thick Winter Mulch, Needs Regular Irrigation, Environmental Stress / Decline, Susceptible to Iron Chlorosis, Susceptible to Juglone / Black Walnut
Shippable in 2026: YES
Splendid Blue ornamental blueberry has such appealing bright blue foliage that the flowers and berries are almost an afterthought. Its display gets even more interesting as the summer nights start to cool, and the blue foliage starts taking on rich hues of orange and red. The effect is simply thrilling; seeing something so colorful and cheerful puts a smile on your face. Highbush Blueberry, (Vaccinium corymbosum) needs rich organic highly acidic soil. You can easily create this by adding a mound of ground up leaves from your fall cleanup each year. Splendid Blue blueberry, you get a handsome landscape plant with a rounded habit and dusty light blue foliage. That view is joined by an impressive show of tiny white, bell-shaped blooms in the spring. Later on, those flowers turn to extremely tasty fruit, even if there isn’t a compatible pollinator plant nearby. But note that you will definitely get a heavier fruit set if you plant another highbush blueberry nearby.