This sensational fruit really is the jewel in our 'blueberry crown' with its rare and exciting bright pink berries! Sweeter than most other varieties, Vaccinium corymbosum 'Pink Sapphire' is just perfect as a snack straight from the bush as well as magnificent for jams, puddings and smoothies. It's exciting colouration is sure to bring positive comments and save you a fortune too, as blueberries are expensive to buy. This is a self-pollinating, mid-season variety whose berries ripen in July and August. Flowers are borne in April and May in white, bell-shaped abundance whilst foliage is held from March to the first frosts. - producing an outstanding scarlet flourish before leaves fall.Vaccinium corymbosum 'Pink Sapphire' likes a spot in full sun or part shade which benefits from moist, well-drained, acidic soil. With this in mind it is perfect for container growing if your soil is neutral or alkaline in nature. A hardy, deciduous fruiting shrub with reaches a height and spread of 1.5m.
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