Vaccinium corymbosum 'Hodnett' Fragrant and pair the tree with

and pair the tree with camellias

Pollinators work the flowers

prized for both color and grace

Across the American South the species dominates clay flats and the backwater ground near streams and rivers

reaching twelve to fifteen feet with age

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Hodnett' Fragrant and pair the tree withSold as a 3 gallon plant, pick up only. 'Hodnett' is a Southern blueberry with a wild streak in the parentage, a hybrid that crosses the classic highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, with the black highbush blueberry, Vaccinium fuscatum, of the Southeastern swamp margins. The result is a tough, productive, regionally adapted shrub built for the acid soils and humid summers that can defeat ordinary highbush kinds. The genus name Vaccinium is the