Vaccinium ‘Sunshine Blue’ (Southern Highbush Blueberry) This beautiful compact blueberry bush is ideal for hot, humid climates, and works well when planted in a large container. Afternoon shade is suggested in regions with particularly hot summers (Georgia, for example). Blueberry bushes are good companions for other shade-loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons and hydrangeas in a woodland border garden where the soil is naturally acidic.   Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces larger berries in abundance, so it’s better to plant more than one variety that blooms at the same time to obtain the best crop. ‘Sunshine Blue’ is not an abundant berry-producer and may work better as an ornamental shrub. Spring flowers and fall leaf color are both superb.  Birds love blueberries, so unless you plan to grow them to attract wildlife, it’s best to put some netting around the bush to protect it. ‘Chandler’ (late-season variety) is a larger cultivar producing cherry-size blueberries. Allow plenty of space for this one.  Blueberries are usually harvested mid-June to late-July, depending on the climate zone and the variety. To extend the harvest season, combine early, mid, and late season cultivars. 

Vaccinium ‘Sunshine Blue’ (Southern Highbush Blueberry)

This beautiful compact blueberry bush is ideal for hot, humid climates, and works well when planted in a large container. Afternoon shade is suggested in regions with particularly hot summers (Georgia, for example). Blueberry bushes are good companions for other shade-loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons and hydrangeas in a woodland border garden where the soil is naturally acidic.  

Although blueberries are self-fertile, cross-pollination produces larger berries in abundance, so it’s better to plant more than one variety that blooms at the same time to obtain the best crop. ‘Sunshine Blue’ is not an abundant berry-producer and may work better as an ornamental shrub. Spring flowers and fall leaf color are both superb. 

Birds love blueberries, so unless you plan to grow them to attract wildlife, it’s best to put some netting around the bush to protect it. ‘Chandler’ (late-season variety) is a larger cultivar producing cherry-size blueberries. Allow plenty of space for this one.  Blueberries are usually harvested mid-June to late-July, depending on the climate zone and the variety. To extend the harvest season, combine early, mid, and late season cultivars. 

bible-garden: He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. 2 Chronicles 26:10 (NIV) Illustration: Le vray et methodique cours de la physique resolutiue, vulgairement dite chymie… (“The true and methodical course of physics, commonly called science…” partial title translation) (1653), by Chez N. Charles, near Sainct Hilaire (written in French, woodcut illustrations).

bible-garden:

He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. 2 Chronicles 26:10 (NIV)

Illustration: Le vray et methodique cours de la physique resolutiue, vulgairement dite chymie… (“The true and methodical course of physics, commonly called science…” partial title translation) (1653), by Chez N. Charles, near Sainct Hilaire (written in French, woodcut illustrations).

Homegrown Harvest. Now you can manage your garden plot online! The smartgardener will 1) help you lay out a garden based upon how much space you have, 2) allow you to select plants (suitable to geographic area and season), 3) give you a custom garden plan based upon the information you provide, and 4) send you a weekly to do and reminder list. If you want to add your own notes or photos - you can do that too. Seeds can be ordered at the site from suppliers, so you don’t have to go hunting for seeds online. Community gardens can also set up a garden online, so I assume schools can do so also.  Nice graphics, well-oranized, with good step-by-step instructions. What a great idea. (No, I am not associated with this business in any way shape or form - I just thinks it’s an idea whose time has come, and those are always worth sharing.)

Homegrown Harvest.

Now you can manage your garden plot online! The smartgardener will 1) help you lay out a garden based upon how much space you have, 2) allow you to select plants (suitable to geographic area and season), 3) give you a custom garden plan based upon the information you provide, and 4) send you a weekly to do and reminder list. If you want to add your own notes or photos - you can do that too. Seeds can be ordered at the site from suppliers, so you don’t have to go hunting for seeds online. Community gardens can also set up a garden online, so I assume schools can do so also. 

Nice graphics, well-oranized, with good step-by-step instructions. What a great idea.

(No, I am not associated with this business in any way shape or form - I just thinks it’s an idea whose time has come, and those are always worth sharing.)