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Upright, open habit with flexible canes. Highly vigorous, forming an abundance of flower buds on both longer canes and lateral fruiting twigs. Often a few leaves from the previous season will overwinter, persisting until after bloom the following spring. Early-blooming with pure white,elongate flowers. Fruit light blue, firm, with excellent flavor; large berries becoming medium in size with successive harvests, small dry stem scar. Berries maintain their quality even when slightly overripe, and are less prone to decay than other highbush cultivars.Berries ripen in June.
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Blooms exhibit cold hardiness during spring freezes. ‘Legacy’ is highly productive with high-quality fruit that can be hand- or machine-harvested for the fresh market. Widely adapted to different soil types, ‘Legacy’ is a good candidate for highbush production on pine-bark-amended soils in the piedmont of NC.
| Common Name | Blueberry, Legacy Northern Highbush |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Vaccinium corymbosum 'Legacy' |
| Container/Amount | 3 gallon |
| Evergreen or Deciduous | Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b |
| Growth Rate | Average |
| Light Requirements | Part-sun, Sun |
| Height | to 6 ft. |
| Width | to 6 ft. |
| Soil Condition | Well-drained |
| Water Needs | Average |
| Blooming Period | early spring |
| Flower Color | white |
| Fragrance | No |
| Foliage Color | green |
| Deer Resistant | No |
| Berry Color | Blue |
| Fall Color | crimson |
