The new blueberry plant variety ‘ZF06-179’ is provided. ‘ZF06-179’ is a cold hardy ornamental variety intended for nursery, landscape, and home garden use. The variety has a dwarf growing habit with attractive foliage that is light green with red tips throughout the growing season, turning to yellow and red in the fall. ‘ZF06-179’ ripens in mid-July and produces high quality, medium sized fruit. The plant has an estimated chilling requirement of 1000-1200 hours.