Vaccinium darrowii 'John Blue' Vines By federal citrus quarantine

By federal citrus quarantine

They are tender

This form was virtually unknown to American gardeners until Woodlanders brought the plant into the trade

and pair the striped giants with simple green and blue-green companions that keep the peppermint flowers from having to compete

Vaccinium darrowii 'John Blue' Vines By federal citrus quarantineDarrow's blueberry is the silver leaved evergreen of the group, a low, fine textured native of the pine flatwoods and sandy scrub from southern Georgia through Florida to eastern Louisiana. The species honors George M. Darrow, the United States Department of Agriculture scientist whose breeding work built much of the modern blueberry, and the wild plant has passed its own heat tolerance into many of today's Southern highbush cultivars. 'John Blue' is