Common Name:
Brightwell blueberry
Description:
Blueberry ‘Brightwell’ is a vigorous rabbiteye blueberry variety known for its reliable cropping, sweet flavour, and excellent adaptability to warmer climates. It produces clusters of medium-sized, light to mid-blue berries with firm flesh and a pleasant sweet flavour, making it ideal for fresh eating, baking, preserving, and home fruit production. In spring, the shrub is covered in small white to pale pink bell-shaped flowers that are highly attractive to pollinators, followed by a generous summer harvest. It has an upright, bushy habit and also offers attractive seasonal foliage colour as temperatures cool. In Melbourne, ‘Brightwell’ performs best in a sunny position with acidic, well-drained soil and regular moisture. For the best fruit set and heavier yields, it should be planted with another compatible rabbiteye blueberry variety for cross-pollination.
Form:
• Shrub - Medium
Mature Size:
• Height: 1.5–2 m
• Width: 1.2–1.8 m
Aspect:
• Full Sun
• Part Shade
Flowering:
• Flowers in Spring
Flower Colour:
• White
• Pale pink
Key Attributes:
• Edible Fruit
• Bee Attracting
• Perennial
• Productive fruiting variety
• Suitable for Home Orchards
• Suitable for Pots when young or regularly maintained
• Upright growth habit
• Attractive seasonal foliage colour
• Requires acidic soil
• Best planted with another rabbiteye blueberry for pollination
Toxicity:
Fruit is edible and safe for human consumption. No significant toxicity to humans or animals is commonly associated with this plant.
Companion Plants:
• Blueberry ‘Tifblue’
• Blueberry ‘Powderblue’
• Blueberry ‘Climax’
• Azalea
• Camellia
• Gardenia
• Daphne
• Heuchera
