Delavay's Blueberry (Vaccinium delavayi)
Article by: Geoff Bryant
Whether we know it or not, most of us are familiar with the genus Vaccinium as it has among its members several current or potential commercial crops, such as blueberry, cranberry, bilberry and huckleberry. Vaccinium delavayi, however, is strictly ornamental and very unlikely to be our next export success.
The name vaccinium is an ancient one taken directly from the Latin vernacular: it was used to refer to Vaccinium myrtillus, the delightfully named whortleberry. Vaccinium delavayi takes its specific name, like so many Chinese plants, , Winter Gardening from the French Jesuit missionary Abbé Jean Marie Delavay (1838-95), who discovered the plant , Attracting Birds To Your Garden and introduced it to cultivation. He was also responsible for such well-known plants , s - Your New Roommate as Abies delavayi, Magnolia delavayi and Osmanthus delavayi reaching our gardens. , Daylilies - The Perfect Perennial
Vaccinium delavayi, a native of Burma and south-west China, is a hardy evergreen shrub , How to Make a Simple Homemade Aeroponics System with small, rounded leaves that are tough and leathery. In spring , Landscaping for Wildlife it produces clusters of small, bell-shaped to almost globular, white flowers , How to Grow Ornamental Grasses that open from pink buds. , Pink Hibiscus The flowers , How to Grow Ornamental Grasses are very much in the style of Pieris, Gaultheria, Andromeda and several other closely related genera in the erica family.
Pretty as the flowers , Lawn Furniture: Wood, Metal, or Plastic? Classy, Convenient, or Cheap? are, the real appeal of this little blueberry lies in the deep bluish-black berries that follow. They are just like small blueberries and have a similar flavour but are rather acidic unless very ripe. Although it seems a shame to pick the berries, you might as well because the birds , Best Perennial Plants for Summer Color will have no such reservations.
While scarcely a spectacular plant, , Beneficial Mycorrhizae - Your 's Best Friend Vaccinium delavayi is attractive throughout the year and is always interesting, whether in flower, , Landscaping for Wildlife fruit , Succulent Crassula Tetragona: Drought Tolerant Plants for Dry Garden Landscapes or Easy Houseplants or just as a neat foliage plant. , Succulent Crassula Tetragona: Drought Tolerant s for Dry Garden Landscapes or Easy Houseplants It is an ideal specimen for a rockery or partially shaded corner. It grows , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form to about 45cm high × 60cm wide and can be kept trimmed to a small mound. However, any pruning , My Spring Bulbs Won't Bloom - Why? will adversely affect either the flowering , My Spring Bulbs Won't Bloom - Why? or fruiting.
As any blueberry grower will tell you, Vaccinium plants , How Bat Houses Can Improve Your Backyard Experience prefer acidic soil , Container Gardening: Urban Alternative for Plant Lovers conditions. The small ornamental species are most at home , Winter Gardening when grown with other erica family plants , How to Make a Simple Homemade Aeroponics System such as dwarf rhododendrons, evergreen azaleas, ericas, callunas and pieris.
The native New Zealand Gaultheria species are interesting plants , Outdoor Entertaining to combine with Vaccinium delavayi. Gaultheria crassa, in particular, looks very like its Chinese relative and provides a good illustration of how plants , Flowering Cherries that evolve under similar conditions often resemble each other despite occurring thousands of kilometres apart.
Other small native berrying plants, , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts especially those of the epacris family, also make good companions. An alpine rockery with good berrying forms of Pentachondra pumila, Leucopogon fraseri, Cyathodes empetrifolia, Gaultheria crassa and Vaccinium delavayi would be full of interest and colour , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts throughout the year.
You won't find Vaccinium delavayi in every garden , Mosquitos... Beware! centre, but it shouldn't require too much of a search to locate a specimen. Try looking in the perennials , The Truth about Bulb Flowers as well as among the shrubs, , Orchid Care as it's often sold at a very small size and tends to get lumped in with the rockery perennials. , Mosquitos... Beware! I am a garden , Best Perennial Plants for Summer Color book author and horticultural photographer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. I run a stock photo library called Country, Farm , How to Grow Ornamental Grasses and Garden , Beneficial Mycorrhizae - Your Plant's Best Friend (http://www.cfgphoto.com). This article may be re-published provided this information , Durable Wooden Swing - Decorate Your Outdoors with One is published with it and is clearly visible. |
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