Finch Blueberry Nursery
Rabbiteye Type Bushes
Rabbiteye Type Bushes
The rabbiteye blueberry, Vaccinium ashei, is native to the southeastern United States. This species is tolerant of the heat and drought of the South and grows wild in southern Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida panhandle. Rabbiteye blueberries are one of the most delicious fruits grown in the South. They are also one of the easiest of fruit plantings to grow. The plant is prized for its ornamental value of spring flowers and fall colors and is often used for edible landscapes in home gardens. One of the most important things to remember about starting rabbiteye blueberries is to plant more than one variety for cross-pollination to promote higher fruit production. Rabbiteye varieties have been bred for years making even more varieties available. Newer varieties are available at our nursery;
however, these varieties tend to go fast because they are in high demand.
RABBITEYE
RABBITEYE
Alice Blue
These blueberry plants are early ripening with medium sized fruit. They have a tall and spreading plant growth. This variety grows well in the lower southern area.
Baldwin
These plants are vigorous and upright growers. The berries are dark blue and medium sized with small dry stem scars. The fruit ripens mid to late season. This is a good cultivar to extend your harvesting season.
Beckyblue
These are early ripening with medium to large fruit that is light blue in color and has a sweet flavor. This particular plant has a tall spreading growth. This variety produces in high and low winter chilling.
Bluebelle
Bluebelle is an early ripening plant. This plant produces large dark berries that have an excellent flavor and are highly recommended for home planting. Their growth habit is upright.
Brightwell
Early to mid season ripening, brightwell blueberry plants produce a sweet flavored medium to large berry that is light blue in color. The growth is upright and vigorous. This plant is also a constant producer.
Centurion
With medium to large great quality fruit which is much darker in color than all other rabbiteye types. Medium to late season ripening, plants are generally upright and easy to manage.
Climax
Producing medium sized berries with a sweet flavor, Climax is an early ripening plant. These plants are upright with an intense green foilage. Climax is one of the very best blueberry plants for harvesting.
Columbus
Being an early to mid season producer of excellent sized fruit, Columbus is a Rabbiteye that needs a pollinator to go along with it to boost its production.
Delite
This upright growing plant lacks density of foilage, however produces medium to large sized berries that are dark in color and have a fine texture as well as an excellent taste. Delite is a mid-season producer.
Gardenblue
This rabbiteye is a vigorous grower and produces fine flavored fruit in early to mid season. The fruit is medium sized and light blue in color with an excellent quality.
IRA
IRA is a self fertile plant with a vigorous upright growth pattern. This rabbit eye is a mid to late season producer of medium size light blue fruit.
Montgomery
Being an early to mid season producer, montgomery is a moderately vigorous grower that is semi-upright in growth producing a midsize fruit that is light blue in color.
Onslow
One of the largest berries produced by a rabbiteye type comes from an onslow blueberry plant. Being a self fertile, vigorous grower onslow is a mid to late season producer, with semi-upright large fruit.
Powder Blue
One of our most popular selling plants due to its larger sweet fruit, powder blue is late season in ripening however highly productive. This is an upright plant with good foilage.
Premier
Early-mid season, premier produces large excellent flavored fruit that is light blue in color and of a good quality. These plants are upright in growth with good foilage as well as an overall highly productive variety.
Southland
With medium to large sized fruit of a good quality, southland is a medium to late ripening variety. This plants growth is upright as well as compact with dense foilage.
Tifblue
Another one of our best selling plants, Tifblue is an upright vigorous grower producing medium to large sized berries of good quality. Mid season in ripening, Tifblue is rated as the best ornamental due to its fall leaf color which is a bright red.
Yadkin
Yadkin is self-fertile. It is a mid season ripeing plant which produces large fruit with good color. Yadkin is a semi-upright moderately vigorous grower.
Alice Blue
Alice Blue
As an early ripening bush, Alice Blue bushes produce medium-sized, blue fruit. Extremely vigorous, with tall and spreading plant growth, this plant does well in southern areas. Pollinator: Climax.
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin plants are vigorous, upright growers. Berries are dark blue and medium sized with small dry stem scars. Baldwin ripens mid-late season thus extending the blueberry season. Pollinators: Brightwell, Delite, Powder Blue
Beckyblue
Beckyblue
Beckyblue is an early ripening berry with medium to large berries that are light blue and sweet tasting. Beckyblue has tall spreading growth and produces in high and low winter chilling.
Bluebelle
Bluebelle
Bluebelle bears large dark berries and is recommended for home planting. Bluebelle berries have excellent flavor and production extends for a long period of time. Plants have upright growth pattern.
Brightwell
Brightwell
Brightwell is an early to mid-season ripening berry with sweet flavor that is light blue in color. Brightwell growth is upright and vigorous.
Pollinator: Alapaha, Austin, Bonita, Premier, Vernon
Centurion
Centurion
Centurion is a mid to late ripening plant with medium to large berries with good quality that is dark n color. Upright in growth, Centurion is easy to manage. Pollinator: Brightwell, Powder Blue
Climax
Climax
Climax is an early ripening berry that produces medium fruit with a sweet flavor and is best fr harvesting a larger quantity of berries. Climax growth is upright with intense green foliage. Pollinators: Alapaha, Austin, Premier
Columbus
Columbus
Columbus yields early to mid season fruits with excellent fruit size and good flavor. Columbus generally produces a good yield. Pollinator: Tifblue, Powder Blue, or Chaucer
Delite
Delite
Delite is an upright growing plant lacking density of foliage. Delite berries are medium to large with midseason ripening. Pollinator: Brightwell, Powder Blue
Garden Blue
Garden Blue
Garden Blue is a vigorous grower with berries that are early to mid season ripening. Garden Blue has a fine flavored, light blue, medium sized fruit.
Ira
Ira
Ira is a self-fertile, vigorous and upright grower. Ira ripens in mid to late season and yields medium to large size berries.
Montgomery
Montgomery
Montgomery is an early to mid season producer, with a moderately vigorous growth patter that is semi-upright. Montgomery produces a midsize fruit that is light blue in color.
Onslow
Onslow
Onslow produces one of the largest berries produced by a rabbiteye type. Onslow is a self-fertile vigorous grower. Onslow is a mid to late season producer, with semi-upright large fruit.
Pink Lemonade
Pink Lemonade
The Pink Lemonade Blueberry is firm, juicy, sweet, flavor. While most blueberries harvest all at once, this one is early to mid season ripening that will peak in summer and may continue to produce delicious berries through October dependent upon location, climate, and weather. Berries will turn pink when they're ready to be picked. Plants possess ornamental, glossy green foliage.
Powder Blue
Powder Blue
Powderblue is a late season, highly productive blueberry plant with medium to large sweet fruit. Plants tend to grow upright with good foliage. Pollinator: Tifblue
Premier
Premier
Premier is an early to mid season producer with large fruit that possesses excellent flavor. Premier is highly productive. Plant grows upright with good foliage.
Southland
Southland
Southland is a mid to late season producer with medium to large fruit and good quality through the entire season. Plant growth is compact and upright. Pollinator: Brightwell, Delite, Tifblue
Tifblue
Tifblue
Tifblue is a mid seasoning ripening plant with medium to large berries. Tifblue is an upright vigorous grower. Tifblue leaves turn red in the fall making it a good ornamental plant. Pollinator: Brightwell, Powder Blue
Yadkin
Yadkin
Yadkin is a mid season, medium to large fruiting plant with good blue color. Yadkin is self fertile and semi-upright with moderately vigorous growth.