Blue Gold, along with all other blueberry plants offered on this site, is hardy to our SE Minnesota climate (USDA zone 4). Blue Gold, a mid-season cultivar, is hardy all the way down to USDA zone 3a and is a highbush variety that is considered compact in form, but can grow up to 5 feet at maturity. Under ideal conditions, this variety can produce up to around 12 pounds per plant, per season, of good flavored firm berries. If you can keep the critters away from it, this variety, along with most other blueberry varieties, makes an attractive edible-landscaping plant.
All blueberry plants are in 2-quart pots and are approximately 1 - 3 feet tall. Coming spring 2024, blueberry plants will be available in pre-acidified soil-filled pulp pots. Check back this spring!
Note: Blueberries require a highly acidic soil. It will be important to ensure you have prepared your planned blueberry site to accommodate for the acidic needs prior to planting. We offer elemental sulfur, by the pound. Click on "Growing Supplies" button in the navigation menu at top of page for more details and option to purchase.
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**Edible landscaping: If you're going to landscape your property with plants, shrubs, and trees, why not use those that will provide you and your family with healthy food? **Grow your very own food forest! If you're not familiar with the food forest concept, there are many useful video resources on YouTube the can be found simply using the search term "food forest". Are you big on ambition, but short on space? A highly recommended YouTube channel is "The Gardening Channel with James Prigioni". On his channel, James produces excellent content and demonstrates how an abundance of food can be grown on just a one-ninth acre suburban backyard using food forest principles. Products found at The Berry Booth represent the understory, the shrub layer, the herbaceous layer, the root layer, the ground cover layer, and the vine layer; all the layers of a healthy food forest, except the overstory layer. **Most importantly, have more control over where your food comes from and ensure it's grown using healthy practices, all while loosening Big Ag's grip on our food supply.