'Sunshine Blue' has been my best performer. We got so many berries this year we got kind of overwhelmed. 'Bountiful Blue' was a disappointment, and then it suddenly died on me.

I see them at every garden center here, though mostly in early spring. They are gone by now. For example Armstrong's.

Make yourself a cage to put over each plant, and cover it with bird netting to keep the birds off, else you won't get any.

Sunshine Blue planted in the ground with lots of peat moss didn't do well in my Point Loma garden, but it may have been the soil/pH. It might have done better in a pot. Have you asked at Walter Andersen's nursery?

thank you both - I have ordered 2 each of Sunshine Blue, Stella and Emerald from One Green World in Oregon, since they will ship next week and Andersen's doesn't have any bushes in stock right now. I did find 2 O'Neill bushes in Vista at the Tropical Fruit Nursery, so we can have a tasting in the spring!

I am growing all my blueberries in large pots so I can control the soil pH and nutrients, and all are doing exceedingly well. Just too much effort to try to grow them in our soils. I am growing O'Neal, Jubilee, Emerald, Misty, Sunshine Blue, Sweetcrisp & Windsor. My best tasting are my Sweetcrisp, O'Neal and Emerald. We'll see how Windsor stands up next season to the above 3. I grow them using Dave Wilson Nursery's recommendations on their web site. Just make sure they do NOT dry out, or you'll kill them faster than you can say totally dead brown plant.

Patty S.

Here is a link that might be useful: DWN: How to Grow Blueberries in Containers