Bearberry vs Patriot Blueberry - TreeTime.ca

Bearberry vs Patriot Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum Patriot

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

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Patriot Blueberry
Bearberry

The Patriot Blueberry offers the largest fruit of all the early season blueberries and thrives in an acidic soil with a low pH. With fruit that can easily grow to the size of a quarter, you'll be known for having the largest blueberries for miles. The Patriot Blueberry is ideal for fresh eating, baking, and preserving. Cold hardy and self-pollinating, the Patriot Blueberry is also resistant to root rot.

Bearberry is a dwarf shrub known for its creamy pink flowers and red edible fruits.

It is great as a filler in gardens and flowerbeds in place of invasive ground cover plants, like English Ivy.

Bearberry will attract hummingbirds, butterflies and bees to your property. It is one of the top 12 plants recommended by the Alberta Native Bee Council to support pollinators.

Patriot Blueberry Quick Facts

Bearberry Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1b
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Spread: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: leathery, evergreen
Fall colour: red to deep red
Flowers: white, pink tinged
Flowers: small, purple-white
Berries: edible blue
Berries: small red berries
Firmness: firm
Flavor: sweet, mild
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Other Names: patriot highbush blueberry, patriot northern highbush blueberry
Other Names: kinnikinnick, mealberry, sandberry