Hi thanks so much for the replies. How would one put containers in the ground? Wouldn't this stop virtually all drainage? (small holes up against the clay soil won't allow much to exit...) How long term are we talking? I don't quite understand how a pot in the ground is different than a hole dug out into the ground with the soil completely replaced. Will the minerals from the clay leach in from the sides or what? Or will the roots start growing into the clay and rot or starve for nutrients? In which case its better to have them forced to stay in the good soil? Sorry for so many questions. This is in my parent's backyard (I live at home) so I am not free to do whatever I want. I have a raised bed that is being built into the landscaping, and it actually is kind of going into a 3-4 foot hill. The blueberry plants were going in the hill behind the raised vegetable beds. Pots/a raised bed would look funny on a hill and my mom is very picky. Each plant+soil was about 25$ so I don't want to waste 125$ and have them die. Plus I want good berries so I want to do it right... Any ideas? Should I dig them out and make the holes wider and fill them in with more soil? I intend to fertilize with acidifying azalea mix to undo the leaching. Also I'm about 1 mile from the ocean so not extremely close and the plants are by a wall facing west.

These are not C hederifolium (C neapolitanum hederifolium) they are florists' cyclamen and not hardy.

Brian, I don't know that I can help you at all, but sometimes the flowering side of the forum is not as busy as the onion/garlic side. I live in zone 8, Alabama. I did not pre-chill the allium bulbs last year, and they did beautifully. We will see if they rebloom. I have always pre-chilled the tulips. Good luck. kay

The cutting back would be enough to prevent flowering - there are no shrubs (that aren't effectively sterile variants) that don't flower when big or old enough. Flowers not having been seen on a particular example is not an automatic indication that a suggested identification is incorrect.