The native range of the high bush blueberry extends from Wisconsin eastward to Maine and southward to North Carolina. The rabbiteye is native to the Gulf Coast states and fruits well from eastern North Carolina, southward to central Florida, and westward to eastern Texas and Arkansas.
Rabbiteye blueberries are vigorous and productive throughout Mississippi.
Their linear growth may exceed l0 feet. Flowering usually occurs in late February to mid-March. The flower buds for the following year form on new growth in late summer and fall. Blueberry bushes are deciduous and lose their leaves in the winter. The native soil in which blueberries thrive is a moist, well-drained soil rich in organic matter with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5.