If you have naturally acid soil in your area, then growing them in the ground would be easier than in pots. You may even need to collect rainwater for potted plants. Don't think rain alone will be adequate for potted bb. You will get bigger plants, more fruit, and possibly bigger berries in the ground. My berry size has been good in pots. But on all my fruit trees, fruit size is much smaller in pots than in-ground trees. I have had good fruit quality on all my potted fruit including bb. If birds take your bb, then protecting the fruit might be easier with potted. Depends on if you think potted would be easier to cover. I move mine into my greenhouse during bloom and fruiting to protect from frost and birds. The Fruitnut

Same here. I've got 2 bluecrop in containers and they are abotu 3ft or more tall now, they were little sticks this spring. I'm either burying mine in the ground and mulching or putting them in the garage. I don't trust leaving them outside unprotected. I did this once with container strawberries and ended up killing them.

If it were me, personally, I would definitely containerize my blueberries at least this year. #1 you don't know what exposure you will have in the side yard after the house next to you is constructed; #2 the construction of a fence could affect the shallow roots detrimentally. Blueberry roots are very shallow and grow horizontally from the plant's crown rather than vertically, as pointed out in another thread. They can easily be damaged by the foot traffic, digging, etc., that will go on during installation of a fence. But, if they install a privacy fence, it sounds like, based on the size of your side yard, it could also affect how much sun the area gets, and fences can create a "dry line" within a foot or so out from the fenceline. Blueberries like moist soil - not a bog, but consistently moist. I wouldn't risk planting them in that location until the house and fence are finished and you can see if you'll have enough sun and space to plant them in-ground there. The size of container will be dependent on whether you get a 1 year old or 2 year old plant, and whether you get a dwarf variety, like Top Hat, for example, or not. I wouldn't plant up a 1 year old plant into anything more than a 2 or 3 gallon container, but some may disagree with me on that. Mine are regular Northern highbush varieties - Blue Crop and Elliott, and I potted mine up at the end of their first summer (2 year old BBs when I bought them) into approx. 10 gal. pots. They do fine in those so far, and they are entering their 4th year now. I don't think the dwarfs need a pollinator, and in all honesty, neither do the others since blueberries have both male and female flowers on the same plant (monoecious). However, if you want a better harvest, it is necessary to have 2 varieties for best crop production. You don't "have" to, but you won't get as many blueberries if you don't. Your blueberries can grow in containers and be planted out eventually. Just be careful handling the roots as they can be easily damaged. I just carefully removed mine from the original container and put them in the new ones without touching the roots. Probably too careful, but that's me. My blueberries have been in approx. 10 gal. containers and I would like to repot them into 20 gal. containers that are squatter with less depth and more surface area than the ones they're in now. They've been in the 10 gal. for a couple of years now, and were originally in 1 gal. pots. The first 2 years I removed the emerging berries, per Scott's direction. Well, last year I didn't have to prune them off because the hail we had did that for me. There were just a few left hanging, but my Cardinals "pruned" them. They did love those berries! I may have to fight them this year for my share. I hope this helps and Scott will probably come in and correct any info that is not accurate and add his own special expertise. He is our resident Blueberry Guru. Susan

I Looove Hydrangeas and have them in both the front where they get morning sun until about 11. The ones in the backyard get sun from 1- 5. I have Penney mac, Okleaf, Anabell, Forever and ever and Endless Summer. Your hydrangeas definately need more sun, as well as water. If possible, morning sun with shade comming in the afternoon due to our heat. ( I am in Beaufort) They like well draining soil and to be moist but not wet. I water mine in the mornings, but even with that, the ones in the back will "wilt' just from the heat on very hot afternoons, only to spring back later in the evening or morning. I feed mine regular MG and they do fine, although I do not have the Nikko blue. Prunning should be done when the bush is finished flowering, but there are tons of sites online that have pictures you can find. Hope this helps!