Sapphire Cascade Blueberry is a petite deciduous shrub with a compact, container-friendly size and edible fruits. The small rich green foliage turns dark red in fall. Its clusters of white flowers turn into a strong yield of small dark blue berries with a sweet classic blueberry taste in mid summer to fall. Grows best with full sun and rich, moist acidic well-drained soils. Sapphire Cascade is a self pollinating cultivar and has a low chill requirement of only 450 hours.
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Type:
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Shrub
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Origins:
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Native Hybrid
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Height:
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1.5' - 2'
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Spread:
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1.5’ - 2'
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Spacing:
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2'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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5 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Summer, Fall
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Water regularly and mulch. Prune as needed in late winter. Chlorosis may occur in high PH soils. Blight, rot, anthracnose, canker, and mildew are occasional problems. Blueberry maggot, fruit worms, and spotted wing drosophila can damage the fruit. Mummy berry is a fungal disease that shrivels and dries the fruit- remove affected fruit immediately if spotted.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, Edible Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: California Lilac, Magnolia, Strawberry
IMAGES: Prides Corner, Vaccinium corymbosum hybrid 'Sapphire Cascade' ('FC12-029')
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
