Toro Highbush Blueberry Bareroot

For Spring Planting (Ship or Pickup March - May 2027)

Grown by: Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Species: Vaccinium corymbosum

Why We Grow It: Toro produces large blueberries that are quite sweet and firm. They tend to produce heavy crops that ripen all at once, making mechanical picking easier. Like other blueberries, Toro is great for eating fresh, baking, and preserving!

Recommended Use: Fresh eating, baking, preserving, wine

Fruit Size: Large

Storage: Keeps less than two weeks when stored in the fridge

Harvest: July - Late

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4

Soil Preferance: Prefers sandy, well-drained, acidic soil. Check your soil type and pH before planting and amend the soil as needed. We plant ours in a mix of 3 parts peat moss, 3 parts aged wood chips or bark fines, and 1 part worm castings. Planting in a raised bed can make amending the soil easier.

Flowering Time: Spring

Bloom Colour: White

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without a different highbush blueberry variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present. A pollination partner is recommended for Toro.

Sun/Shade Requirements: Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily) preferred but will tolerate partial shade

General Growth Habit: Shrub reaches 2m tall, vigorous with an upright and stocky growth habit, productive. Generally disease resistant.

Overall Grower Ease Rating: High

This rating is a combination of our experience growing in our test orchards and current available information on the cultivar.

Toro is a cross between Earliblue and Ivanhoe bred by USDA blueberry breeder Arlen Draper in Maryland. It was selected for its productivity, firmness, and flavour and introduced in 1987. It was named Toro ('bull' in Spanish) due to its strong and stocky structure, however this dense canopy structure prevented Toro from achieving true commercial success due to the added difficulty of pruning and harvesting it at a commercial level.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of plants picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

When Will My Order Be Ready?

Your order will be ready in the spring (late March to late May)! We will be in touch in the spring once your order is ready to go. Orders placed in the spring might not be ready for 1-2 weeks as this is a very busy time of year for us.

$25.00

Size: 2 year plant

67 in stock

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