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If you have limited space, no garden at all or just prefer container gardening, this kit is made for you! Container gardening makes it easy to care for your plants. As long as you have space on your porch, deck, patio or balcony for a medium-sized container, you can garden. Our transitionally styled, decorative metal planter (sized 12 x 12") comes with a hard-shell inner plastic growing pot, bag of growing medium, planting stock, gardening gloves, and growing directions.
About this Variety
Vaccinium corymbosum Bluecrop, known as a highbush blueberry, produces light blue berries that ripen in the summer. These berries add delectable color and sweetness to desserts. Ornamentally, they produce bell-shaped, white-pink flowers in early spring, and dark green leaves that turn shades of red in the fall. Their reddish stems add winter interest.
Highlights
- Easy to grow patio produce!
- Perfect for small outdoor spaces
- Non GMO
Exposure:
Full Sun
Harvest:
Mid Season
Height:
Grows 4-6' tall
Spacing/Depth:
Plant 36-60"apart, 1-3" deep
USDA Zones:
Hardy in USDA zones 5-7
Growing Instructions
Place planter in a full sun location. Empty about 50% of the growing medium bag into the pot. Firm and smooth the planting medium. Place the blueberry plant onto the soil, centering it and spreading the roots out. Add the remaining medium in and around the root stock. The bud union should remain about 1" above ground level. Water well, saturating the soil deeply. Make sure the nursery pot is able to drain. Maintain moisture as needed. Sit back and let mother nature do its thing! It is best to remove the flowers from the plant in the year of planting to encourage vegetative growth. Prune late winter in the third year.
Care Tip
Plants in containers are above soil level and exposed to the elements which make them more prone to freeze damage during the winter than plants planted in the garden. Take extra precautions and overwinter the planter in a protected area (shed or garage) during freezing temperatures (best to provide a winter environment that is one zone hardier than your area). To overwinter: Water plants thoroughly and move borderline-hardy plants into a protected area to increase chance of survival. Because the plant is dormant, light isn't required. Check every few weeks to ensure the planting medium isn't dry. Water sparingly. Overwatering can cause the plants to come out of dormancy. Place planter back outside to restart its cycle when spring and warmer temperatures return!