Articles for Blueberries

How to plant a Blueberry Bush Blueberry plants available here First prepare the soil as described, incorporating generous quantities of peat and first ensuring that is has the correct ph. The soil should be nicely friable and the site fairly sunny for preference and not too dry. As these subjects are fairly slow growing make sure they won’t receive too much competition from neighbouring subjects. Space bushes 6’ apart in rows, less for compact varieties such as Top Hat or Sunshine Blue.Your Blueberry will almost always be supplied in a pot to start with. They don’t appreciate root disturbance and […]

View our excellent range of Blueberry bushes here. If there were a popularity poll for soft fruits then the Blueberry bush would undoubtedly win hands down! No other fruiting plant has increased so markedly in popularity during the last 10 years. With a virtues list so long and tempting it was almost inevitable that it would catch on in such a big way in British gardens, especially as it has been extraordinarily popular over much of the USA for many years.Part of it’s suitability in todays modern gardens lies with two invaluable traits; it is a very pretty shrub at […]

Despatch & Best time for Planting Blueberries We despatch all year round, usually within 3-5 working days of receipt. The plants are supplied in containers so it is ok to plant them at any time of year; many of customers combine their Blueberry bush requirements with those of other soft fruits such as Raspberries and cane and bush fruits, so they go in during the dormant period from October to April. However it’s also good to plant Blueberries during the Summer and early Autumn too; as the bushes are invariably supplied in pots, as long as theyare watered well for […]