Wild Blueberry
A delightful addition to window boxes and containers
The Wild Blueberry is a stunning variety that is also known as the Bilberry or European blueberry. Wild Blueberry seeds will produce small, 30cm perennial fruit bushes. These blueberry bushes are great to grow in containers or on a window box due to their smaller size and acid soil loving nature. Making them great for small space gardening, they are also slow-growing and self-fertile.
Harvesting from August through to September, blueberry fruits can be used the same as regular blueberries for jams, fresh juice, and pies. Usually darker than American blueberries, the Wild Blueberry is pink-purple inside, whereas American blueberries are usually light cream/green, however, they taste the same!
Forage for wild blueberries from your very own doorstep or windowsill with this must-have variety for any keen gardener.
Growing Information
Sow seeds into small pots of moist, acidic/ericaceous compost by lightly pressing seeds into the compost and covering with a fine layer of compost. Place onto a sunny windowsill or propagator at around 20C (68F) and keep moist, not wet. Germination up to 28 days. Grow plants on until big enough to handle and transplant to their own pots, keeping in a sheltered place outside. Come the following spring, plants should be large enough to plant out in their final positions in the garden at 30cm spacings. Alternatively, grow in containers.
