Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum 'Cabernet Splash'
- Introducing Blueberry 'Cabernet Splash' a spectacular new soft fruit bush
- A superb performer at all levels with colourful leaves and tasty fruits
- Compact, low maintenance and easy to grow, a striking edible ornamental
- White blossom is followed by an abundance of sweet summer blueberries
- Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant straight out
Product Description
Introducing Blueberry 'Cabernet Splash' a spectacular new soft fruit and one sure to hit the mark with grow your own enthusiasts and flower gardeners alike.
A superb performer at all levels, the leaves of this ornamental blueberry emerge beep burgundy, the colour of a well matured red wine, and mature to a mottled green before turning fiery red in the autumn.
Compact, low maintenance and easy to grow, striking edible ornamental, its white blossom is followed by an abundance of large sweet summer blueberries.
Grow in ericaceous soil in beds and borders or in a container for the patio, where its delicious berries are just a stretch away from your sun lounger!
Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant straight out.
What Is Supplied
Plant Information
Top Tips
- While tolerant of shade, blueberries crop better in the sun.
- Cover plants with netting when in fruit, otherwise you'll just end up feeding the birds!
- Pick over the plants several times as not all the fruit ripens at the same time.
- Fruits can be left on the bush for a few more days after they turn blue for a more intense and complex flavour, when they'll also easily pull away from the cluster.
- Although self-fertile and able to produce a good crop on their own, blueberries yield much more heavily if planted near another one.
Care Guide
Planting Advice for your Blueberry:
- Plant in well-drained, acidic soil in a sunny, sheltered spot.
- If your garden soil has a pH over 5.5, your blueberry is best grown in a pot, in ericaceous soil. Keep it well-watered - don’t allow the soil to dry out.
Aftercare Advice for Cabernet Splash Blueberry:
- Water blueberries with rainwater if you can as tap water will gradually raise pH levels.
- Feed every month with a liquid fertiliser for ericaceous (lime-hating) plants.
- If growing blueberries in the garden, add plenty of organic matter such as pine needles or composted conifer clippings. Avoid farmyard manure as it will scorch the roots.
Pruning Advice for Blueberries:
- Pruning is rarely needed in the first two years. After that prune in late Feb – early Mar, aiming to remove a proportion of old wood every year. Two-year-old wood is the most productive.
- Take out any damaged, dead, and diseased wood and prune out low branches that will lie on the ground when full of fruit.
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