Downhome Harvest Takes The Cake Blueberry Bush

This vigorous Southern Living upright rabbiteye blueberry yields white flowers and many large berries known for their appealing color, flavor, firmness and shelf life. Disease, pest resistant; heat tolerant. Plant with other rabbiteye varieties for best fruit set. Rabbiteye blueberries are what we sell for our region in that they thrive better in hot climates and are not as cold hardy. Additionally they require other Rabbiteye varieties for cross pollination. Ripens early in hot climates, late in cool summer regions.

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Growth Habit

Takes The Cake rabbiteye blueberry, reaches 4-5' tall and 3-4' wide at maturity.

Care

Requires heavily acidic soil and regular water. Considered low chill at 450+ hours. Plant in full sun and fertilize with organic, acid loving fertilizers like Espoma Berry Tone.

Toxicity

Ingestion of large amounts of blueberries can cause gastrointestinal upset or diarrhea. Ingestion of blueberry stems and plants can cause gastrointestinal obstruction. The leaves and plants, while not toxic, are very difficult to digest. Signs of problems include vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, abdominal pain, straining to defecate, and/or a decreased appetite. While deer tend to eat only the fruit of blueberry bushes, they will eat young plants if particularly hungry and cause damage to mature plants due to their bulk and rubbing against branches.