Where can I buy cheap mature blueberries bushes?

kiely27

I have been looking for blueberry bushes as my daughter loves them and eats tons!

I have seen them cheap in wilkos but I am impatient and cannot wait a year for them to fruit!

I then found mature ones in a garden centre but they were £19.99 each and as I believe you need two I will not stretch to that much incase I kill it!

So as the question says can anyone point me in the right direction for cheaper ones that will fruit this year please?

Mummy81

Hi We bought top hat blue berries three years ago, from van meuwen (link below) we got some fruit first year not much, but great the second year and I'm hopeful for this year!

http://www.vanmeuwen.com/plant/65280

There also on offer at the moment!!

evie451

i did look into this a lot last year and found its really a case of cheap or mature not both.............having said that i now have 3 good size bushes one was £10 form the reduced plants section at the garden centre the other 2 were from B&Q and were £7.99 each, generally a bush that is producing in quantity will be upwards of £15 including the postage etc I suppose its due to the length of time they take to mature and the resulting space they take up in the nursery....I would recommend the B&Q bushes though they were really heavy croppers and tasty too.....

charliee_3

i used to have a goldtraube (i think) blueberry and it fruited alone (i didnt need 2)

kiely27

Thanks I will check out B&Q 1st as I always prefer to be able to touch something when I buy it but if thats no good then I will buy from vanmeuwen as that is a fab price. I am very happy now!

evie451

I dont think all varieties absolutely need partners to fruit, i have 3 bushes because i wanted to extend my season.....one is a mid season the other a late one and my recent bargain from the garden centre is a bit of a mystery as the label was gone!

i took a look at the vanmeuwen site and the plants are really pretty small, a plant that is only 15cm tall wont produce more than a few berries and certainly not the yield that was in the photo!! the B&Q bushes i have are over 2ft tall now and have been potted on to maybe 35cm (?) pots this year and at £7.99 they produced a lot of fruit last year........i would definitely go for them if they have them....

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

Mummy81 wrote: »

Hi We bought top hat blue berries three years ago, from van meuwen (link below) we got some fruit first year not much, but great the second year and I'm hopeful for this year!

http://www.vanmeuwen.com/plant/65280

There also on offer at the moment!!

Do you need 2 top hat plants for them to fruit? Or are they a self-fertile variety?

Thanks!

cootambear

Lidl had cheap young berry plants this year, 3 for a £5 IIRC, but that doesn`t help you now. They do this every year.

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

r.a.i.n.b.o.w wrote: »

Do you need 2 top hat plants for them to fruit? Or are they a self-fertile variety?

Thanks!

Anyone know, please?

angelavdavis

All blueberries are self-fertile, but apparently they are more likely to produce more fruit if more than one is planted. I have two in pots (by accident - I had four but two died suddenly a year ago) and they have produced really well this year but they are different varieties.

More info here http://growingtaste.com/fruit/blueberries.shtml