Japanese Blueberry Tree
Location
General Plants
- Common Name: Japanese Blueberry Tree
- Scientific Name: Elaeocarpus decipiens
- Family Name: Elaeocarpaceae
- Origin: Japan and China
- Height: 20’ – 35’ (been known to grow to 60’)
- Width: 10’ – 15’
- Growth: slow – moderate
- Zone: 9B – 11
- Light Needs: Full sun to Partial Shade
- Salt Tolerance: moderate
- Soil/PH/Texture: loam, moist, well-drained soils, slightly acidic to neutral (pH 6.1 – 7.3)
- Soil Moisture: Mesic
- Drought Tolerance: good – excellent
- Pests/Diseases: susceptible to chlorosis, check for various sap-sucking insects, including the soft scales that produce sooty mold.
- Growing Conditions: easy to grow and low maintenance unless you are wanting to prune it as a topiary tree.
- Characteristics: The new foliage appears with an eye-catching orange-red tinge that changes to emerald green and then to a dark, lustrous green. Its fragrant flowers that bloom in the spring, have dangling petals that resemble cream-colored, flowing grass skirts. Fruit is Dark blue/blue-purple and edible to birds
- Propagation: by semi-hardwood cuttings or by seed
- Wildlife: attracts birds, bees, deer
- Facts: unknown
- Designer Considerations: use as a hedge or windbreak, street tree, specimen, accent plant, or as a foundation plant.
