Vaccinium elliottii Canopy Trees and the smooth

and the smooth

" and Dichroa versicolor presses the idea further: bloom color shifts with soil chemistry much the way a hydrangea does

a fine evergreen for a coastal or Mediterranean-style planting in zones 7 to 9

along a damp path

Vaccinium elliottii Canopy Trees and the smoothElliott's blueberry is one of the finest of the wild Southern blueberries, a tall, multi stemmed deciduous native reaching up to ten feet, with slender twigs and small, glossy green leaves. The species honors Stephen Elliott, the early nineteenth century South Carolina botanist whose Sketch of the Botany of South Carolina and Georgia remains a landmark of Southern natural history. The old country name mayberry nods to the fruit, which ripens early,