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Ruby Carpet Wild Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium 'Ruby Carpet'
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$14.99
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$19.99
per Plant - 5" Deep Pot
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Low-growing 'Ruby Carpet' Wild Blueberry will create a beautiful groundcover. Plus, it provides delicious fruit. Flowering in early summer, hummingbirds and bumble bees help pollinate the flowers. ‘Ruby Carpet’ likes well-drained sand or loam, with acidic soil (pH 4-5). For best results with fruit, it is recommended to test your soil and amend it before planting. This low-growing and versatile shrub is a great investment that will pay off in many ways. ‘Ruby Carpet’ has high vigor and good disease resistance as well.
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Overall rating: 3.6 / 5 from 5 reviews.
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"Product arrived in excellent condition. Smaller than I expected but will see how much it grows and expands. Planted on north east side of 4 in 1 apple tree near other blueberries."
"All of the plants I purchased died immediately"
Good Fall Color
"I can vouch for the fall color on this. Nice vibrant shades of red, it would be a great accent next to a frosty blue-green juniper or evergreen shrub."
Would like to try again
"The plants came promptly after they were shipped. Instructions were clear and plants were healthy. We did unfortunately lose nearly all of them. We aren't sure if it was just too brutally cold this winter or if something else but we are sad that we did lose them. There is one clinging to life but in poor shape. We would try again."
Patience is a virtue
"I was lucky enough to be a staff recipient of this plant at the end of the season. In our company's effort to keep all of our plants that we were unable to sell at the end of the season out of the waste stream, staff members are encouraged to give some of our products a go. Not one to say no to a free plant, I was excited to try this new option for us, especially since I didn't order one for myself earlier in the season. I planted the Ruby Carpet around the end of June. The plant has been healthy and even sent out some new leaf shoots since planting. While it hasn't grown substantially in size since planting, I didn't necessarily expect it to, and "alive" works for me at this point. Knowing that most plants sleep in their first season (work on root development), creep in the second season (you will see a slight increase in top foliage), and leap in the third season (when the plant will stun you), I am looking forward to seeing what happens next spring. I will say, that while not a ton of top growth on it, the Ruby Carpet is growing "as advertised" and is starting to have its foliage turn red as we enter our cooler months and shorter days. It is awesome to see, and lets me know while small in stature, this plant is thriving."