Details for: PI 638326, Vaccinium darrowii Camp, 'Everblue'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium darrowii Camp

Cultivar:

'Everblue'

Origin:

Developed – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Oct 1998

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium darrowii Camp

Cultivar:

'Everblue'

Origin:

Developed – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

08 Oct 1998

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Developed

1979.
Maryland, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

08 October 1998.
New Jersey, United States

Donor(s):

Ehlenfeldt, Mark, USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Everblue'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: SELECTION

G. J. Galletta, A. D. Draper, and J. R. Ballington cultivar release selected in 1972 and evaluated until 1979

Galletta, G. J. USDA, ARS

NC 1136

Type: Developer identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

CVAC 1356

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

The North Carolina Agricultural Research Service and the Science and Education Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture hereby introduce two ornamental evergreen, fine-leaved blueberry cultivars, EVERBLUE and JOHNBLUE, for trial by nurserymen and professional ornamental horticulturalists. EVERBLUE and JOHNBLUE, tested as NC 1136 and NC 1137 respectively, are the best adapted of a series of evergreen, low-growing, small blue-fruited blueberry selections of the diploid species Vaccinium darrowii Camp evaluated in North Carolina. They were selected to complement azaleas and camellias in landscape plantings. They also show potential for indoor culture as pot plants or in hanging baskets. EVERBLUE and JOHNBLUE are open-pollinated seedlings from seed collected in north-central Florida. They were selected at Castle Hayne, N. C. by G. J. Galletta and T. F. Cannon in 1972 and evaluated by G. J. Galletta, A. D. Draper, and J. R. Ballington from 1972-1979. EVERBLUE and JOHNBLUE have been tested at Castle Hayne and Raleigh, N. C. and are currently under test in Louisiana and Virginia. Plants of these cultivars did not survive the first winter at Beltsville, Maryland. They are recommended for trial throughout eastern North Carolina and the southeastern United States. The new foliage of EVERBLUE and JOHNBLUE is an attractive blue-green and the foliage takes on a light pinkish hue during the fall and winter. The stems also turn reddish in the fall and winter. The fruit is small, sweet, flavorful, light blue in color and will attract birds. The plant shape of these new cultivars is generally a low rounded mound. JOHNBLUE will eventually reach a mature height of 3 feet in eastern North Carolina, and EVERBLUE is somewhat lower reaching about 2 1/2 feet. Both EVERBLUE and JORNBLUE perform equally well as specimen plants or hedges. For best results outdoors additional organic matter will have to be added to the planting hole, as in azalea and camellia culture. These cultivars may be propagated by softwood stem or branched shoot cuttings under intermittent mist. For best rooting the cuttings should be taken from the stock plants when they are growing actively. Potted and hanging basket plants respond to long-day photoperiod treatments for producing luxuriant blue-green foliage and new shoots.

G. J. Galletta, A. D. Draper, and J. R. Ballington cultivar release selected in 1972 and evaluated until 1979

NAMED FOR= evergreen, low-growing, small blue-fruited blueberry

Vaccinium darrowii Camp

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Cyanococcus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41007

Place of publication:

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69:240. 1942 "darrowi"

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Darrow's blueberry			1	Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Vaccinium. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:140.
English	Darrow's evergreen blueberry			1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

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