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How to Grow Blueberries in Pots

The secret is four "Ps"

By: THURSD. | 12-05-2021 | 3 min read
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Blueberries are easy to grow, highly productive, and are wonderful ornamental plants that produce beautiful flowers in spring, juicy fruits in summer, dazzling fall foliage, and colorful winter branches (see the 4 "Ps" below for tips on growing blueberries).

The Four "Ps" for Growing Blueberries

New varieties have been bred to be container-happy and some will bear loads of fruit in zones with fewer chill hours (typically zones 8-11). Another innovation is that they’re self-pollinating, so you don’t need to plant two different selections to get fruit. Because you’re planting them in containers and can provide for all their needs, even those without the naturally acidic soil that blueberries love can grow these plants. Fill your larger containers with these compact shrubs, and place them for easy picking. Open the back door, pluck a handful of ripe, sweet berries, apply to cereal bowl. How to Grow Blueberries in Pots Growing Blueberries

BrazelBerries® Peach Sorbet™ Blueberry

A four-season showstopper that produces a bounty of delicious, sweet berries. Reaches up to 2 ft. tall and wide. (Zones 5-10)

How to Grow Blueberries in Pots BrazelBerries® Peach Sorbet™ Blueberry
BrazelBerries® Peach Sorbet™ Blueberry

BrazelBerries® Blueberry Glaze™ Blueberry

Compact, boxwood-like variety produces an abundant crop with intense wild blueberry flavor. Up to 3 ft. tall and wide. (Zones 5-8)

How to Grow Blueberries in Pots BrazelBerries® Blueberry Glaze™ Blueberry
BrazelBerries® Blueberry Glaze™ Blueberry

Bountiful Blue® Blueberry

Low chill variety that produces a big crop of large berries. Reaches up to 4 ft. tall and wide. (Zones 6-10)

How to Grow Blueberries in Pots Bountiful Blue® Blueberry
Bountiful Blue® Blueberry

BrazelBerries® Pink Icing™ Blueberry

Gorgeous spring foliage followed midsummer by large berries with robust flavor. Reaches up to 4 ft. tall and wide. (Zones 5-10)

How to Grow Blueberries in Pots BrazelBerries® Pink Icing™ Blueberry
BrazelBerries® Pink Icing™ Blueberry

BrazelBerries® Jelly Bean™ Blueberry

Produces bumper crops of large berries in midsummer on a very compact plant. Reaches up to 2 ft. tall and wide. (Zones 4-8)

How to Grow Blueberries in Pots BrazelBerries® Jelly Bean™ Blueberry
BrazelBerries® Jelly Bean™ Blueberry

On Location With the Experts

Four "Ps" for Container Success

Planting

Pruning

Picking

Protecting

Lead image courtesy of Fall Creek Farm. All other info and images via Monrovia.

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