Light
Full sun for best fruiting.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Fruit & berries · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
A deciduous fruit shrub with blue berries and colourful autumn leaves. Named cultivars differ in size and ripening season.
A space where it can thrive
Outdoor growing guide. Match the plant label and adjust care for your Metro Vancouver site and season.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep the shallow root zone evenly moist, with drainage.
Soil & drainage
Acidic, organic-rich soil, approximately pH 4.0–5.5; test before amending.
Fertilizer
Use feeding suited to acid-loving plants, according to soil results and the product label.
Temperature
Outdoor shrub; check the cultivar’s local winter suitability.
Humidity
Outdoor conditions with space for air circulation.
Planting
Plant two compatible cultivars with overlapping bloom for improved yields.
Harvest
Pick fully blue berries when sweet; repeat as clusters ripen.
Through the seasons
In late winter remove dead, weak and ageing wood. Young plants need time to establish before heavy cropping.
When your plant needs help
- Yellow leaves: test soil pH before feeding.
- Shrivelled fruit or damaged shoots: inspect for disease.
Pets & little ones
Only eat correctly identified ripe fruit.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.