For Heaven's Sake Blueberry
Vaccinium ashei 'Ochlockonee'

Height: 4 to 5 feet
Spread: 3 to 4 feet
Sunlight: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 7a to 9b

Description:
A vigorous, upright rabbiteye blueberry bred for heavy fruit production and excellent performance in warm climates. It produces abundant white spring flowers followed by medium-sized berries prized for their attractive color, sweet flavor, firmness, and long shelf life. This variety is heat tolerant, disease resistant, and performs best when planted with other rabbiteye blueberries for optimal pollination and fruit set.

Edible Qualities:
For Heaven's Sake Blueberry produces medium-sized blue berries with firm texture and excellent flavor. The fruit ripens quickly after bloom and is well suited for fresh eating, baking, preserves, and freezing. Planting with additional rabbiteye varieties improves yield and consistency.

Ornamental Features:
This blueberry produces clusters of white flowers in spring that attract pollinators. It has green deciduous foliage and maintains a neat, upright appearance throughout the growing season, making it suitable for both edible and ornamental plantings.

Landscape Attributes:
For Heaven's Sake Blueberry is a deciduous shrub with a compact, upright growth habit. Its average texture blends well into mixed borders, hedges, and woodland-style plantings while still functioning as a productive fruiting shrub.

This is an easy-care plant with good disease and pest resistance. Pruning should be done after fruiting to maintain shape and encourage healthy new growth. It attracts birds and butterflies and benefits from regular yearly fertilization in spring.

For Heaven's Sake Blueberry is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Border Planting
- Container Planting
- Hedge and Low Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Privacy Planting
- Woodland Gardens
- Orchard and Edible Landscaping

Planting & Growing:
For Heaven's Sake Blueberry will grow to be about 4 to 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 to 4 feet. It grows upright and compact, making it suitable for both in-ground and container plantings. Space plants to allow good airflow and light penetration for best fruit production.

This shrub should be grown in full sun for optimal yield and flavor. It prefers medium moisture levels and well-drained, acidic soil. Fertilize yearly in spring with an acid-formulated fertilizer. Mulch lightly around the base to conserve moisture, avoiding direct contact with the stem. This rabbiteye blueberry is heat tolerant and well suited for southern climates.