Berkeley is one of the most popular home garden varieties. This handsome, easy to grow bush attains a size of 5-6 feet high and wide when mature. An excellent producer in mild climates, Berkeley boasts a very attractive powder blue fruit with a pleasing mild flavor. Bright yellow wood in the winter makes a nice contrast to other red wooded varieties. Avoid frost pockets or colder exposed areas.

Do your customers ask for blueberries with the flavor they remember as kids? Offer them Rubel, the "heritage" blueberry. A true wild selection from the early 1900s, Rubel has remained popular due to it's delectable full flavor and small berries perfect for pies and muffins. Blueberries are attracting attention from all points due to their extremely high antioxidant levels. Now current research has shown that Rubel scores almost twice as high as most other blueberries, truly reigning "king" of health foods! Rubel is a strong, upright bush to 6 feet. It is cold hardy and a consistent producer. Foliage turns bright fire-red in fall.

Late - Zones 7-4

Fresh from Australia. This easy to grow hybrid yields one of the highest quality berries available. The fruit is large, light blue, firm, with a crisp texture. The flavor strikes a perfect balance – sweet yet very slightly tart. Brigitta berries have amazing shelf life. We have stored the berries for over a month in the refrigerator and they were still crisp and tasted great! The slightly spreading bush is a fast grower with deep green foliage and bronze tinted new growth. A real winner in any garden.

One of the oldest and most widely grown of all varieties, Jersey is a favorite for home gardeners wanting an easy to grow, heavy producing late season variety. This bush grows quite large, often reaching 7 feet at maturity, and tolerates a wide range of soil types. The dark blue, small to medium sized fruit is very sweet and a favorite for baking. A reliable producer year after year.

Misty is one of the most attractive southern highbush varieties. The bright blue-green foliage provides a perfect contrast to the pink and white spring flowers and sky blue summer fruit. The berries are medium to large size and of excellent quality. Growers especially like Misty's evergreen tendency in areas with mild winters. Yields best when planted with other blueberries. Chilling needs are very low (300 hours) but don't hesitate to offer it in the north, all the way to Seattle.

Midseason - Zones 10-5

For gardens from San Diego to Seattle, Sunshine Blue has it all. This semi-dwarf evergreen blueberry features a highly branched compact habit to 3 feet tall. The showy hot pink flowers fade to white in spring, yielding large crops of dime-sized, delicious blueberries with a unique tangy flavor for up to 9 weeks in the summer. Sunshine Blue tolerates higher pH soils better than other blueberries. It is self-pollinizing. The low chilling requirement of 150 hours makes it suitable for Southern California, but we find it is surprisingly cold hardy and a wonderful addition to our Northwest gardens.

If your customers are asking for exceptional berries with superior flavor, then we heartily recommend our new introduction, Southmoon. The bush is vigorous and upright and does especially well in lighter sandy soils or with generous additions of organic matter. This Florida native is performing well in California, both inland and on the coast, where chilling hours reach 500. We believe that it will become a favorite for southern gardeners. Fall Creek is licensed to sell Southmoon throughout the United States and is the exclusive licensed nursery in the Western U.S.

Northsky is the most cold hardy of all blueberries, surviving winter temperatures of -45°F. Even in warmer areas Northsky has been quite popular as a wonderful addition to the landscape. The bush grows to a low compact mound about 12-18 inches tall and 2-3 feet wide. Northsky begins spring completely covered in snow-white blooms. The foliage is dense, with small glossy green leaves in summer and brilliant red fall color. The berries are small with a dusty bloom that gives them a beautiful sky blue color. Flavor is similar to wild blueberries. Yields range from 1-2 pounds per bush. Northsky is particularly well suited for container growing, borders, or group plantings in the landscape. Self-pollinizing.