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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: burdrs@gmail.com, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Half-high blueberries
  • Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:25:45 -0400

I have either Northblue or Northcountry (I forget) along with Northsky and St. Cloud, two of each in a row behind my house. I wouldn't describe the Northcountry (or Northblue) as "spindly", but neither would I describe it as a "nice shape". They are pretty when their foliage turns red in the fall, but I don't think they are ideal as ornamentals. They grow as a loose bush. I don't want to say they are unattractive, but they don't have the full symmetric shape of most plants that are customarily grown as ornamentals. None of my blueberries does.

The three cultivars that I have are different enough in form and height that I can see the appeal of having two that match. And my Northcountry (?) is about the size you want, and doesn't seem to want to get any higher. Thirty inches of space to itself should be fine, especially if you are putting them in planters. I did notice that my blueberries became much more fruitful the year I killed back the grass (by covering it with newspaper and mulch) a foot or two farther than I had when I first put in the blueberries. But I hadn't given them much space at first.

I've read that many blueberries, including Northcountry, are partially self-fruitful. (But will fruit more with cross pollination.) I had wild lowbush blueberries before I planted anything, and planted these three cultivars plus a few others in other parts of the yard, so I have no personal experience with lonely blueberry plants.


Ginda Fisher
Eastern MA, zone 6


On Mar 18, 2009, at 9:56 PM, Randy Burd wrote:

I would like to put two half-high blueberry bushes on the corner of my deck.
Each will have a space at most 30 inches in diameter. I don't want to have
it get much higher than 2 1/2 feet. I am considering getting two
Northcountry.
http://www.fallcreeknursery.com/Nursery/VarietyChart/Half-HighBlueberries.ht
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My questions:

1. Is this variety adequate to be used as a landscape plant (in addition to
a sources of blueberries)? Will it have a nice shape or look spindly? What
other cultivar should I consider it this one isn't good?

2. I would like to get two plants of the same variety because the site
requires bushes with symmetry for aesthetic reasons. Will this markedly
reduce production of berries making this just a bush not a bush with
blueberries?

Thanks.

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