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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
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Sorry, you cannot proceed to the checkout right now as we are having to limit the number of orders we can process each hour. Your basket will be saved for you - we ask that you please try to place your order later, and thank you for your patienceVACCINIUM
Commonly known as Bearberry, Bilberry, Blueberry
Includes the bilberry, blueberry, and cranberry.
Genus of about 450 species of evergreen, semi-evergreen or deciduous shrubs from a variety of habitats from heath and moorland to bogs and woodland.
UK natives are V. myrtilis, bilberry, blaeberry, whortleberry and a host of local names and V. oxycoccus, cranberry, more common in northern England, Wales and Ireland and V. vitis-idaea, cowberry or red whortleberry from the Scottish Highlands.
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Evergreen - semi-evergreen or deciduous shrubs and trees
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Full sun -
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Additional Features - Good to know - - wildlife plant - nectar and pollen for insects. -
Pests & Diseases - possibly Phytophthora crown and root rot -
Place of origin - widely distributed throughout arctic to tropical regions -
Resistant to honey fungus - These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
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Soil Conditions - Acid / ericaceous loving - - peaty or sandy soil, moist but well drained
Buy Varieties of VACCINIUM
VACCINIUM corymbosum >
Commonly known as: Highbush blueberry, Swamp blueberry.
dense greyish green foliage, pink flowers and bluish black edible fruit
VACCINIUM cylindraceum >
Commonly known as: Bearberry, Bilberry, Blueberry.
An outstanding shrub with short racemes of cylindrical flowers which are red in bud opening pale yellowish-green in late summer and autumn
