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Blueberry - Northland
Vaccinium corymbosumNorthern Highbush variety, cold hardy, compact and dense bush with large sweet fruit. Ripening end of year and into the new. Northland produces a colourful autumn display when losing its leaves for winter. Due to its high chill requirements it breaks dorm... Read More
$19.90
Specifications of Blueberry - Northland
Preferred Climate Warm Temperate, Cool TemperateLearn About Climate Zones
Grown From Tissue CultureLearn About Propagation Methods
Max Height (when in the ground with good conditions) 1-2m
Plants required to Pollinate 1+ Beneficial (cross pollination helps with fruit set)Learn about Pollination
Can it Handle Frosts? Yes
Amount of leaves in Winter? No Leaves (Deciduous)
Suitability in Pots Yes
Water Requirements Frequent Watering
Is it a Dwarf Fruit Tree? Can be pruned to 2m
Time to Fruit/Flower/Harvest 2-3 Years
Sun or Shade Part (Sun:50-80%)
Preferred Soil Type Perfect Drainage (Sand/Volcanic)
Soil pH Moderately Acidic (5.5-6.5)
Fruiting/Harvest Months January, December
Fertiliser All Purpose, Compost, Sulphur
Growth Rate Medium
Pollinators for the Blueberry - Northland
Cross pollinate with these Northern Highbush varieties for fruit set
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Blueberry - Blue Rose
$17.75 ($17.75-$49.00 choose a size)
A Northern highbush selection best suited to cooler climates. An excellent variety, with good autumn foliage, and large fruit. It is essential that the fruit be left on the shrub until the last minute, as the fruit is very acidic and will not ripen after being picked. When they are fully ripe they make an excellent berry for cooking or fresh eating. The skins will melt after about 10 minutes of simmering and produce a self-thickening sauce that is delicious poured over ice cream. They are one of the few berries that, when frozen and thawed, keep their form and flavour.Tall growing and extremely vigorous this blueberry is prolific. Start picking before Christmas and have blueberries into March. Most important. Blueberries require an acid soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5. They also require a free draining loose friable soil. They dislike clay heavy soils. To aide the successful establishment of bushes it is best to build up beds by incorporating peat moss and garden soils at a 50/50 ratio. Peat is preferred as it is naturally acidic.
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Blueberry - Margaret
$24.90
A highbush selection requiring 750-1200 hours of chill, it does best on cooler climates. Earliest fruiting variety from early December. Good size fruit. Most important. Blueberries require an acid soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5. They also require a free draining loose friable soil. They dislike clay heavy soils. To aide the successful establishment of bushes it is best to build up beds by incorporating peat moss and garden soils at a 50/50 ratio. Peat is preferred as it is naturally acidic.
Blueberry - Denise
$17.75 ($14.90-$17.75 choose a size)
A northern high bush variety that is only suited to cooler areas as it has high chilling requirements.Fruit is very large and round, medium blue with red around stem end when ripe. Great as fresh eating berry. Early season ripening over about 7 weeks.
Blueberry - Reka
$27.00 ($17.75-$49.00 choose a size)
One of the fastest growing and most adaptable variety of blueberries, Reka is a heavy bearer and has great tasting fruit. A Northern Highbush variety it is self fertile but will benefit from having another variety nearby such as the Denise. Deciduous and frost hardy bit in areas with late frost care needs to be taken to protect the spring flowers.
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$79.00 ($79.00-$99.00 choose a size)
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Mandarin - Imperial
$39.00 ($39.00-$39.00 choose a size)
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Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden
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Finger Lime
$19.90 ($4.90-$19.90 choose a size)
This is a seedling selection from our grafted varieties. They have a thin skin that ranges in colour from green, yellow, red, purple to even a black. The inner cells are cylindrical balls filled with lime juice. Very hardy. The bushy thorny foliage is a perfect protective habitat for small birds to nest in addition to their fruits.
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Mandarin - Hickson
$39.00
Late season, superb flavour, this fruit is of medium size and is easily peeled. Of the Tangor range, it prefers warm temperatures so can suffer from winter yellowing but will re-green in the spring. H July- August
