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.