Blueberry - 'Blue Rose'
Blueberries are mainly deciduous shrubs with oval leaves and produce pretty white bell-shaped flowers in late winter and spring. Fruit is produced in summer and the leaves take on attractive red-orange tones in autumn. Berries are best left to ripen on the bush. Bird netting may be required and the berries, once picked, can be eaten fresh, frozen, or made into jam, jelly, juice or used in baking cakes, tarts, muffins and various delicious sweets.
Blue rose variety has abundant large firm fruit in clusters early/mid season, leave fruit on the bush to ripen, good autumn foliage, tall grower, upright habit to 1.5 metre.
Try this blueberry daquiri recipe from the US Blueberry Council!
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