Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Duke’ is a highly productive, early-season highbush blueberry, widely regarded for its reliable, heavy yields of firm, light-blue, sweet fruit, often producing up many kilos per bush. It blooms late, avoiding spring frosts, but ripens early (mid-summer).
Harvest Time: Late June to early August.
Growth Habit: Upright, deciduous shrub, reaching 1.5-2m in height
Appearance: Features bell-shaped white flowers in spring, followed by berries, with foliage turning crimson/orange in autumn.
Soil/Conditions: Requires full sun or partial shade and moist, well-drained, acidic soil (pH 4.5-5.5).
Ideal for containers using ericaceous compost.
Pollination: Self-fertile, but yields improve with a different blueberry variety nearby
Hardy
