VACCINIUM STAMINEUM `SEEING STARS`-Blueberry

Vaccinium stamineum Native Star™ 'Seeing Stars'
Seeing Stars deerberry

»  Nodding greenish white star shaped bell flowers in late spring, early summer
»  Birds and other mammals enjoy the ripened berriesin the late summer and fall, humans not as much
»  Excellent compantion plant for rhoodendrons and azaleas

Category:Shrub
Breeder:American Beauties Native Plants
Hardiness Zone:5-9
Height:3-6 ft
Spread:3-6 ft
Bloom Color:White Shades
Foliage Color:Green Shades
Few compact shrubs offer the wildlife value of Seeing Stars. Selected at the University of Idaho, this compact deerberry forms a low-maintenance planting well suited to informal shrub borders or open woodlands. Glaucous blue-green foliage in spring and summer transitions to a rich maroon-red and deep purple in fall. White to green star-shaped flowers, sometimes tinged pink, bloom in late spring and are a magnet for pollinators. They give way to yellow, pear-shaped berries that ripen to purple by late summer and fall, offering a valuable food source for birds and wildlife.