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Shop Native Plants Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
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Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

$10.75

What a great plant to have on the landscape! The value of this Lowbush Blueberry to wildlife is high. The flowers attract many different kinds of bees including 11 specialist bees (Johnson and Colla, 2023). It is the host plant to the Red-Spotted Purple and 282 other species of butterflies and moths in our area, including the threatened Doll’s Merolonche and Henry’s Elfin (nwf.org) (mnfi.anr.msu.edu). Many birds love the fruit (bird table) (Audubon.org) and so do humans! In optimal conditions, Lowbush Blueberry can form large colonies providing protective cover for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, including the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (illinoiswildflower.info). It does prefer a more acidic soil for best berry production.

Photo credit: Paul VanDerWerf

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What a great plant to have on the landscape! The value of this Lowbush Blueberry to wildlife is high. The flowers attract many different kinds of bees including 11 specialist bees (Johnson and Colla, 2023). It is the host plant to the Red-Spotted Purple and 282 other species of butterflies and moths in our area, including the threatened Doll’s Merolonche and Henry’s Elfin (nwf.org) (mnfi.anr.msu.edu). Many birds love the fruit (bird table) (Audubon.org) and so do humans! In optimal conditions, Lowbush Blueberry can form large colonies providing protective cover for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, including the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (illinoiswildflower.info). It does prefer a more acidic soil for best berry production.

Photo credit: Paul VanDerWerf

What a great plant to have on the landscape! The value of this Lowbush Blueberry to wildlife is high. The flowers attract many different kinds of bees including 11 specialist bees (Johnson and Colla, 2023). It is the host plant to the Red-Spotted Purple and 282 other species of butterflies and moths in our area, including the threatened Doll’s Merolonche and Henry’s Elfin (nwf.org) (mnfi.anr.msu.edu). Many birds love the fruit (bird table) (Audubon.org) and so do humans! In optimal conditions, Lowbush Blueberry can form large colonies providing protective cover for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife, including the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (illinoiswildflower.info). It does prefer a more acidic soil for best berry production.

Photo credit: Paul VanDerWerf

Life Cycle: Perennial

Sun Exposure: Full, Light Shade

Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry, Dry

Height: 1-2 feet

Plant Spacing: 3-6 feet

Bloom Time: May-June

Bloom Color: White

Advantages: Bird Favorite, Caterpillar Favorite, Pollinator Favorite

Host Plant: Red-Spotted Purple and 282 other species of butterflies and moths in our area (nwf.org)

Specialist Bee: Andrena bradleyi, A. Carolina, A. kalmiae, Colletes Validus, C. productus, Panurginus atramontensis, Perdita obscurata, Habropoda laboriosa, Osmia virga, Melitta americana, and M. eickworti (Johnson and Colla, 2023)

Beneficial for Endangered or Threatened Species: Doll's merolonche (Merolonche dolli) (mnfi.anr.msu.edu) and Henry's elfin (Incisalia Henrici) (mnfi.anr.msu.edu)

Resource: Johnson, Lorraine, and Sheila Colla. A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators: Creating Habitat in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Upper Midwest. Island Press, 2023

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