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Rubel Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum
Zones: 3 - 7


The Rubel Blueberry Grows in zones 3 - 7
  • Produces firm, small, light blue berries with a tart, full flavor — great for baking
  • Features fruit with twice as much antioxidant value as other blueberries
  • Yields ripe fruit midseason, producing a consistent crop of 15 lbs. each summer
  • Is self-fertile, but cross-pollination produces a better crop — creating larger yields of larger berries; it is best to plant more than one variety with the same bloom time 4–6' apart
  • Blooms April–May, with white flowers covering the plant
  • Provides year-round interest, with red foliage in the fall and red twigs in the winter
  • Has a chill hours (CU) requirement of 800 (chill hours are the average hours of air temperature between 32° and 45° F in a typical winter season)
  • Grows in a rounded shape

Tree Details

Shape

Rounded

Growth Speed

Slow to Medium

Scientific Name

Vaccinium corymbosum

Mature Height

5' - 7'

Shipping Height

1' - 1 1⁄2'

Highlights

Grown for both home and commercial use, the Rubel blueberry makes a versatile landscape shrub. Of course it produces the tart, antioxidant-rich berries that we love in muffins and pies. But it also provides year-round interest — white blossoms in the spring, red foliage in the fall, and red twigs in the winter.

Blueberry plants are self-fertile, but cross-pollination produces a better crop — creating larger yields of larger berries. So it is best to plant more than one variety with the same bloom time 4'–6' apart.

Learn more about planting and caring for your blueberry bush.

Sun Preference

Full Sun

Soil Preference

Acidic

Wildlife Value

The shrub provides nutrition for bees in early summer. White-tailed deer and eastern cottontails eat the leaves and twigs of this shrub. It also produces one of the most important fruits for wild animals. Some animals that eat these blueberries include: eastern bluebird, northern cardinal, gray catbird, wild turkey, northern mockingbird, brown thrasher, mourning dove, American robin, red fox, eastern cottontail, white-footed mouse, striped skunk and eastern chipmunk.

History/Lore

This northern highbush blueberry's native region spans from Nova Scotia to Michigan south to Texas and northern Florida.

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