Blueberry planting

I received my order of blueberry bushes (bare root) late yesterday via UPS. It took me about an hour to plant all fifty today, along the back fence, to form a hedge eventually. I started at the bottom of the hill with Croatan, then Berkeley, Jersey, and finished at the top with Blue Chip. The temperature today was about 38 degrees during planting and it's forecasted to rain tonight and tomorrow which should be good to soak them in.

Blueberry order

I made my order today for blueberry bushes from the good folks at Finch's Nursery in Raleigh, NC. I have a 150' row along the back fence and the idea is to create a hedge o' berries. These bushes will grow to about 8' eventually, which is perfect for the visual barrier as well as for harvesting. On the advice of the nursery, I picked four varieties that should do well in my zone. Croatan is an early to mid season producer (10 of these). Blue Chip is early but a bit shorter (10). Jersey is for the late season (10). Berkeley varies early/mid/late depending on the date of the last frost in spring (20). As you can see, a total of 50 plants at 3 foot intervals, should just cover my 150' row. I ordered three year old plants so that they will be up to size and production that much quicker. Blueberry season is from mid June to as late as September. The bees are going to be excited to have all these blooms to work on this spring and summer.