Beckyblue Rabbiteye Blueberry

Item: Beckyblue Rabbiteye Blueberry
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Author: B. Martin

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Product Description

The Beckyblue blueberry bush offers early-season ripening, exceptional and delicious production of medium to large sized sweet berries and showy fall colors!

Blueberries are your go-to super food due to their high levels of antioxidants. The healing powers of blueberries are widely known. You just can’t beat the flavor of blueberries picked fresh off a plant you grew. Kids love these blueberries too!

With this Rabbiteye blueberry bush being a heavy berry producer, you will easily grow enough berries from the blueberry bush to make muffins, smoothies, cakes, bread, pies, even add them to your morning oatmeal or cereal. Blueberries are also easy to freeze, providing off-season enjoyment as well.

Blueberries prefer full sun for best fruit production and even moisture. The Beckyblue is tolerant of hot, humid conditions and is a taller variety, growing 6 to 10 feet tall a d 6-10 feet wide. It’s berries tend to ripen in late May to early June.

Planting

Around 350 chill hours are needed for ideal fruit set. Grow across the United States in USDA growing zones 6-9. It performs best in well drained soil and full sun. The addition of organic matter such as pine bark or pine straw will help retain moisture during the hot summer months. Requires little pruning to maintain shape.

The advantage of buying our potted blueberry plants is their well-developed root systems and branch structure that will have them quickly thriving and producing fruit in your yard. All blueberries require cross-pollination to produce fruit.

We suggest purchasing three blueberry bushes of at least two different varieties for ideal fruit production. Choosing rabbiteye varieties that fruit at different times in the season will extend your berry availability.

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Check out our Blueberry Grow Guide for information on planting and growing blueberries!

Botanical Name

Vaccinium Ashei 'Beckyblue'

Sunlight Full Sun

Flower Color Pink, white

Foliage Color Green

Mature Height 6-15 ft

Mature Width 6-10 ft

Growing Zones 6, 7, 8, 9

Special Features

Edible fruit
Fruit rich in antioxidants
Fall color
Low maintenance

Shipping Info

Once your Beckyblue Rabbiteye Blueberry order is placed, we will ship your plant(s) within seven business days year round unless during the checkout process you request otherwise in the space provided to do so.

Perfect Plants’ shipping specialists carefully package your plants using a proven packaging method that ensures your plants arrive healthy, colorfully alive and ready to flourish. We’ve coined the term ‘upside down box test’ and we do just that; we carefully package so that regardless of the direction your box is handled, it will not harm your precious plant that’s inside.

No shipping process is without a problem from time to time. On rare occasions some plants may experience some of the following during their transit: drooping, minor leaf-loss and/or minimal yellowing/discoloration, minor limb damage, etc. These instances are quite rare, but can happen when shipping plants in boxes.

Plants normally recover within a few weeks after planting. If a damaged box has injured your plant on the inside, please notify us within 5 days of receiving you package(s) by emailing us a photograph of the damage.

We always do our very best to ensure that your plants are packed and shipped in the safest, gentlest and most effective way possible.

Will my plants and trees look like the photographs?

Absolutely! Unlike other online nurseries, our photos are of actual plants and trees we’ve grown here, on our family operated nursery.

Growing our own plants and trees helps to ensure we ship you the best quality plants that are free of pests and diseases.

Your plants and trees may however not ship with flowers on them, like the photographs. This all depends on the time of year you buy your plant or tree. Crape Myrtle trees, for example, only bloom during the summer months, so if you purchase one during the spring or fall, they would ship without flowers. Once planted, your plants will grow and thrive giving you flowers for many years to come!

Pot Sizes

Pot sizes (commonly referred to in gallons) are shipped in the same size nursery trade pots which may vary in actual volume. Some plants may have been at the approximate pot size listed, but require excess dirt to be removed so that you will not be paying any additional shipping costs. This doesn’t happen very often though.

Shipping Fees

Our shipping charges are based on the value of your order. Please use the chart below to see what your shipping charge will be.

Care

BECKY BLUEBERRY CARE:

The Rabbiteye Becky Blueberry will grow best in an area that is full sun or partial shade. They require soil that is well drained but moist especially throughout the growing season. Acidic, organically rich soil is best for fruit production. Adding peat moss or elemental sulfur can amend the soil. In areas where acidity is harder to achieve, planting in raised beds or pots may more easily facilitate amended soil.

Healthy pruning practices can make a big difference in berry production. It is recommended that the first year’s fruit buds be removed to allow the plant to focus on root structure and vegetative growth. In following years, Blueberries should be pruned annually in late winter or early spring. Low to the ground growth, rubbing canes, shorter or less productive branches and overly leggy branches should be removed at their base. Lack of vigorous pruning each year will lead to larger number of smaller sized, less flavorful berries.

Blueberries need a cross-pollinator to bear fruit. Planting two or more varieties 3 to 6 feet apart is recommended.

Click here for our more extensive Blueberry Grow Guide

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS:

Dig a hole approximately twice as wide as your new plant’s root ball and deep enough so that the top of the root ball is equal with the ground level.

Loosen the root ball using a small garden spade or by hand. Breaking smaller outer roots can encourage growth into the new soil, but take care to not damage large primary roots.

Place the plant in the hole and ensure that it is situated evenly upright. Use the excavated soil to fill in around the root ball, using your foot to pack it in firmly. Thoroughly soak with a hose as you fill in the dirt. Take great care to not leave any gaps or air spaces around the root ball as this could kill the plant.

A 2-4 inch layer of mulch is strongly recommended to help retain moisture and discourage weed growth. Apply mulch over the entire planting area but keep away from the stems or trunk by a few inches. Ensure that the plant and surrounding soil is completely soaked with water.

To ensure the proper nutrients are available for the life of your Becky Blueberry bush, our proprietary Perfect Plants Special Blend Soil and a once yearly application of Nutricote Total 360 Fertilizer are great considerations for your new plants!

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Rated 5 out of 5
B. Martin – April 29, 2016
The most healthy looking plants I have ever bought online! Three times the size of some websites. Look exactly like the pictures. Will be telling my family and friends about this company.

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