Delicious Native Blueberries for Pollinators, Wildlife and You!

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The native blueberries, the Vaccinium species, are some of our most important keystone shrubs in eastern North America for pollen specialist bees, as caterpillar host plants, and for wildlife in general. They provide pollinators and wildlife with nectar, pollen, foliage, woody browse, and of course the delicious blue berries they are known and named for. Blueberries are widespread in eastern North America and can be found from Canada to the Gulf Coast in areas with acidic soils. They are worth growing for their pollinator and wildlife value and of course for the wonderful edible berries they produce!
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0:00 The Blueberries, Vaccinium Species, In Eastern North America
0:46 Lowbush Blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
1:47 Early Lowbush Blueberry, Vaccinium pallidum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
2:30 Blueberries, Vaccinium Species, Keystone Shrubs, Pollen Specialist Bees, Host Plant, Use by Birds, Wildlife, Deer Damage Possibility
3:28 Velvetleaf Blueberry, Vaccinium myrtilloides, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
4:27 Mayberry, Vaccinium elliottii, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
5:23 Black Highbush Blueberry, Vaccinium fuscatum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
6:11 Blueberry Soil Requirements, Ways to Plant Blueberries so Soil Can be Adjusted Easily, Plant More Than One Blueberry for Fruit Production
7:42 Sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color, Excellent Choice for Wildife and Pollinator Thickets
9:15 Deerberry, Vaccinium stamineum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
10:24 Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses, Backyard Ecology Recommendations Page
11:47 Rabbiteye Blueberry, Vaccinium virgatum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
12:40 Northern Highbush Blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, Range, Size, Bloom Time, Fruiting Period, Soil and Light Requirements, Thicket Forming, Fall Color
13:52 There are Many More Great Keystone Trees and Shrubs for Wildlife and Pollinator Plantings

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@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

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@trustinnatureltd.7311 2 месяца назад

"Things are easier when you don't fight nature." A great motto for easier farming

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

I planted a Serviceberry last fall for something a bit different. I'm a pie maker so am working on planting things that can go into pies. 😂 Persimmon was planted too, and paw paw soon....

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

That is awesome! Serviceberries are delicious, many like them better than blueberries!

@shawns0762 2 месяца назад

I discovered serviceberries a few years ago while hiking in northern Wisconsin, I could not believe how good they were, they are a 10 just like blueberries

@TheAdventureAuto 2 месяца назад

One of the best native's to have around that are highly beneficial to both humans and wildlife. You can have your cake and eat it too. You just have to eat quickly :)

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

You have to be quick! Everything likes to eat blueberries.

@snsnplpl 2 месяца назад

Johnny Quest was my favorite serial and Life was my favorite cereal

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Both were good!

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

I never tried Johnny Quest, but I liked Life and Cinnamon Life. It was surprisingly good, even though plain- kind of like the famous commercial! I'd like a bowl now, actually...

@ZedaZ80 2 месяца назад

The last time we moved when I was growing up, we found a ton of "wild" blueberries throughout the woods. After clearing trees and brush, based on the variety and layout, I suspect it was intentional, and forgotten. The person who owned the property had died, and the kids never mentioned it. And while clearing out the brush and some trees, we found the remains of an old house. It would have been significantly older than the main one, and the main one still had nails made by a blacksmith! Anyways, one of the interesting bushes had blueberries that tasted almost cinnamony, and I think that's pretty unique. The bushes clearly had time to intermingle and cross polinate, since pretty much all of them were weird.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

That is so cool!

@averyeich9726 2 месяца назад

Ty for sparkle berry

@brendan5232 2 месяца назад

Really appreciate your content. So direct and to the point.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Thanks! Glad you like it!

@Inkling777 Месяц назад

You might do a video on the many and varied rabbiteye varieties. I just planted five of them in my yard.

@Prairiehawkmn 2 месяца назад

Cheerios and chocolate milk!

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

A good combo!

@IndigoCobalt 24 дня назад

Count Chocula 🌱

@BackyardEcology 24 дня назад

A classic!

@conureron3792 10 дней назад

I planted a couple in my yard in Gainesville, FL. Looking to create some “habitats”. I probably needed to check my soils.

@BackyardEcology 10 дней назад

They like it acidic! Probably the hardest part of growing blueberries is getting the soil correct for them.

@conureron3792 10 дней назад

@@BackyardEcology - I didn’t even think of soil pH. are there any “backyard” soil pH kits? I am planning to plant a Magnolia and was thinking I probably need to amend the soil for it…. There is a water oak, huge water oak and an azalea that does pretty well in the yard, so maybe I lucked out with the soils?

@BackyardEcology 10 дней назад

@@conureron3792 Azaleas tend to like acidic soils so you may be good to go. Your county extension office should be able to do a soil test for you.

@nickgardner6340 Месяц назад

Fruity Pebbles all the way

@BackyardEcology Месяц назад

A classic!

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

Freakies cereal had the best toys! I loved the balloon cars and boats! Can't remember what it tasted like! 😂 I liked the taste of several, but one I still get from time to time is Cocoa Pebbles.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

The prize inside the box was often the deciding factor. I remember those balloon powered toys!

@bunkernate 2 месяца назад

I have rabbit eye bushes in my front yard flowerbed in the Houston tx area and they are delicious. I don’t like store bought blueberries anymore. Just have to add sulphur once a year to keep the soil acidic.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Awesome!

@lonnievarner8021 4 дня назад

growing up (60s) cap’n crunch, count chocula

@BackyardEcology 4 дня назад

Classic breakfast cereal goodness!

@morganelzey Месяц назад

Mmm delicious. we don't have any wild blueberries here but if you buy regular blueberry vine, bush"?" start of a vine/ bush, they'll grow. We have wild muscadines, blackberries and frost grapes in the backyard

@morganelzey Месяц назад

This is kinda a joke but could you just water them with orange juice? Maybe diluted? I used a pinch of used coffee grounds in a gallon of water for my aloes they look good

@morganelzey Месяц назад

Oh man... I gotta say Captain crunch. Gotta love that mouth shredding flavor hahaha!

@BackyardEcology Месяц назад

No. You really need the soil to be acidic. If it isn't acidic there are things to add that will slowly break down and keep the soil at a fairly consistent pH (until they are used up) two of the most common soil acidifiers are sulfur and pine bark.

@LS-kg6my 2 месяца назад

I would love to hear a review of gooseberries

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Might be a future video...

@CampingforCool41 2 месяца назад

The need for acidic soil is the main problem with growing blueberries. I think serviceberries are more forgiving.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Serviceberries are more forgiving soils wise, but if blueberries are planted in a raised bed the acidic soil requirement is easy enough to achieve.

@j.b.4340 2 месяца назад

Huckleberries are what we have. Gulf coast. I guess they’re mayberries.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Could be. There are a few blueberry species down that way. Many are also called huckleberries.

@maxgucciardi4507 Месяц назад

Could you please do a video on native plants that grow well in or on the margins of ponds or wetlands? I learned the other day there is a single speciest of lotus native to the United States (Nelumbo Lutea), and I thought that was amazing.

@BackyardEcology Месяц назад

I do have some wetland/pond related videos in the works. Not sure when they will come out but they are on the list!

@johnchristie1423 2 месяца назад

Interesting that in the boreal forest the main pollinator is some of the ant species.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

It is cool how things change with geography!

@Guishan_Lingyou 2 месяца назад

I loved fruit loops, but was rarely given access to them. Weirdly enough, I ate a lot grapenuts as a kid.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

I have always liked grapenuts, but I also love granola.

@mathewwright4129 2 месяца назад

Great video, great channel!

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@stevesouthwood3380 2 месяца назад

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Mine too!

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

Yes, that came along a bit later in my childhood, but we bought it often.

@TheTimeMachine67 2 месяца назад

Some notes: not all vacciniums are blueberries. We also have cranberries and lingonberries in this genus, as well as many other native shrubs that produce bell flowers without much fruit value to humans. This has been an incredibly good blueberry year for me, with most of my highbushes already ripening (it is mid May as I write this). I keep mine in morning sun but fully shaded afternoon, and this has given me better results than any other setting when it comes to flowers and fruit (should be noted I am dealing with the continental heat and sun of the mid south, whereas midwesterners and deep/coastal southerners will probably find themselves with more summer cloud cover to protect from sun). The ones in afternoon sun produce good foliage, which is still useful as it can be made into teas or even eaten raw (I find the taste somewhat lemony, much like the leaves of a wood sorrel). Companion plants fantastically with rhododendrons, pines, or really any other acid tolerant native species.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Cranberry video is coming in the future! I thought about including them, but figured I'd just keep it blueberries. I think the amount of sun has a lot to do with what type of blueberry you are dealing with. There are a ton of highbush cultivars out there and some are much better suited to the north, some to the south. Rabbiteyes do great in the sun of the south, as do some of the lesser planted species. Blueberries do very well in a thinned pine stand where there is plenty of light.

@tarawatterson4188 2 месяца назад

Great video - I've been wanting to better understand the various species of blueberry and how they differ. I was a Scooby Doo kid!

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful! It's hard to beat some classic Scooby Doo!

@brewskimckilgore6796 2 месяца назад

vaccinium cohabitates well w many pines since the needle drop tends to raise soil acidity also im a coca pebbles guy (but i actually like the generic kind better lol)

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Blueberries and pines go well together. Cocoa peddles are a classic!

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

Yay! Me too! Sometimes I would get Cocoa Puffs by mistake and it wasn't even close!

@44nobody 2 месяца назад

Pine needles do not actually raise soil acidity. That is a common myth. 🌲

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

@@44nobody The needles that drop and are on the surface don't change soil acidity. If worked into a raised bed pine needles can lower pH a small amount (but not like sulfur or ammonium sulfate will). Pines often grow in acidic soils which is why blueberries tend to be found in the same areas.

@TheRetrospectVault 2 месяца назад

I have 4 rabbiteye plants in my yard

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Awesome!

@tristanmills4948 2 месяца назад

What about us out west? ;) It does give me ideas for things to look for out here though, so thank you anyway :)

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

I don't cover the western US as it is a different world of plants compared to the east. Also, the west has a lot more ecoregions to cover. It would honestly take a half dozen channels to cover the western US. There are a few channels out there covering different parts of the west.

@eklectiktoni 2 месяца назад

Tristan, I don't know if there's any blueberries native to the West. But you guys do have native Rubus (blackberry/raspberry) and strawberry species. Also pricklypear cacti (Opuntia spp.) are native to all the lower 48 minus New England iirc. Any of those are great for pollinators/wildlife and provide yummy fruits for us humans. HTH. :)

@eklectiktoni 2 месяца назад

Actually, I just checked USDA Plants...there are a few western Vaccinium after all. But I unfortunately know nothing about them. :( I'd check with your local extension office or native plant society.

@tristanmills4948 2 месяца назад

@@BackyardEcology I'm getting that impression. I do like a lot of the principles you mention though, and using this as a starting point. A great example is the wild ginger - it seems there's a local species of it filling the same niche, so that is now on my roadmap.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

@@tristanmills4948 Yes! There is a western wild ginger, Asarum caudatum, that is similar in growth habitat to the one I focused on in the video.

@baddriversofcolga 2 месяца назад

It's too bad Sparkleberry's berries aren't better eating because they produce berries later than most other blueberries. They're very beautiful, though, and I'm surprised they're not popular in the nursery trade. We have a lot of Mayberry growing wild here as well and the berries are quite good, though very small! I've transplanted a few from my woods into a sunnier area.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Sparkleberry is a super good looking shrub - hard to beat when its in full flower! I think it is way underutilized in wildlife plantings as it has a ton going for it. No mayberry here, but it is also a great wild blueberry!

@iansammons2730 Месяц назад

Any that will do well with minimal sunlight? About half my yard is 2-3 hrs scattered light up to 3-4 hrs direct light... most things survive there but very little but weeds grows at any appreciable rate.. put a ton of shade tolerant fruit trees and bushes and best case they grow 6 inches or so a year... most have gone 3 yrs with hardly any noticeable growth. Trying to find something that will actually do well for native food forest... shade is from 70+ ft tall oaks, giant Norwegian spruce, silver maple, etc at the corners of my and neighboring properties.

@BackyardEcology Месяц назад

Most fruit producing trees and shrubs will need at least 6 hours of light to grow and produce much of anything. More light than that is better. Many of the blueberries will live fine in shade, they just don't produce much at all.

@emily60156 2 месяца назад

Honey Nut Cheerios

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

A great cereal!

@SilverScarletSpider 2 месяца назад

can you do a video on strawberries vs mock strawberries? i want to destroy every mock strawberry and plant only real strawberries

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

Did that very video about a month ago! You can view it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ARD3xj5Ewvo.html

@karenholt9744 2 месяца назад

Oh my! My yard will certainly keep you busy...

@mikjb 2 месяца назад

Say so you know of a channel like yours for Minnesota?

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

I don't know of one specific to MN. We cover the eastern US so MN is included in many of the videos.

@mikjb 2 месяца назад

@@BackyardEcology I have just noticed most of these kinds of channels tend to cover the east and the South. I was glad to see that you covered at least as far west as Minnesota and as far north as southern Canada.

@BackyardEcology 2 месяца назад

@@mikjb I'm not sure why the coverage is mainly in the east and south, but it does seem to be the case.