I live in Southern California in the desert. It gets HOT here. I just ordered 3 blueberries for my climate from Burnt Ridge Nurseries. This was an online order. I ordered SUNSHINE BLUE BLUEBERRY , SHARPBLUE BLUEBERRY, O'NEAL BLUEBERRY. They all arrived (not in little pots like other online orders, but in wet peat rich soil with their poor little roots exposed. There was wet newspaper over all 3, and they were wrapped in plastic, and then in one carton. Burnt Ridge has good customer service and fast shipping. Just not sure they treated my plants too nicely. I have carefully planted them with lots of peat, enhanced with sulfate of ammonia in 3 gal pots. They are topped with a couple inches of mulch. I have a neato little tool to check soil moisture. It was cheap. I got that online also. It's called a soil sleuth. Google it. When you think something is dry, because the top is, you would be amazed how damp the lower dirt is. I'll be monitoring my blueberries because I know they like it damp. Suzi

Look on the bottom of the leaves. Bugs hide there to avoid predators. Try mixing 1 tablespoon of dish washing liquid and 1 or 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil in a gallon of water. Spray it on the leaves, top and bottom. You can put it in a pump sprayer or a spray bottle. Just make sure you shake it frequently to keep the soap and oil mixed up well. If you want to buy a pesticied, buy Neem oil. It's organic and won't harm people or animals.

I live in SE Ma. We have Blueberries, Blackberries and raspberries. If you want Blueberries you can go to the nursury and pick up plants with Blueberries already on them. They aren't ripe yet but most are loaded. We planted 6 plants last year and decided we wanted to add another 6 more this year. We went today infact and got the other 6 which are loaded with berries. We have a few different varieties. Northland, Bluejay, Duke and Berkley. With the Blackberry and Raspberries we put them in last year in August. We got a small crop of both in late September. They are both blooming and loaded with berries that should be ripe sometime in July? I am guessing. They are everbearing plants and I am told will again bloom and produce late fall. I will have to look for the names on these as I don't remember off the top of my head. I hope this helps. Maybe you can get lucky and find some blueberry bushes like I did with berries on and suprise your wife.

We buy our thornless blackberry plants from Isons Nursery in GA and Boston Mountain Nursery in AR, both of which have web sites and will ship them to you. Our favorites are Natchez, Ouachita, Arapaho, Navaho and Boysenberries. We also have Apache, but they are more prone to getting white drupelets than the others so we've stopped recommending them to folks. Hope this helps, Ken Barber Barber Berry Farm Millbrook AL