Saturday, December 22, 2012

Beautiful Fall color!

Look at the color contrast between the burgandy foliage on these young southern highbush blueberry plants and the winter weeds in the row middles. 

Blueberry plants have such gorgeous Fall color giving them a real ornamental value in any setting.

Heavy frost in late November '12!  Temps were in the mid 20's.  Blueberries really benefit from late Fall and Winter chill.  Any time below 45 degrees constitutes a 'chill hour' and it is an important factor in healthy blooming/fruitset in the Spring.

See how the frost accumulated more heavily on the western side (shade side) of the row.  It looks like snow it's so thick!



This closeup shows ice crystals on the bark mulch at least 1/4" long.  Amazing!