Vaccinium myrtilloides

Cultivated and grown commercially in Canada and Maine and supposedly one of the sweetest blueberries known.

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Plant Information

Common Name(s): 
velvet leafed blueberry
Canadian blueberry
velvetleaf huckleberry
Type: 
Native
Shrubs, Trees
Moisture: 
Dry
Light: 
Sun
Part Sun
Soil: 
Sandy
Showy fruit

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