Planting guide

When to plant blueberry

Antioxidant-rich berries; needs acidic soil, so a pot of ericaceous mix works well. In Melbourne it goes in Jun–Sep.

Start as: Potted plant or Bare-root plant
Ready in: 2+ years to the first crop
Spacing: 100 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means blueberry can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Melbourne	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Brisbane	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Perth	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Adelaide	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Gold Coast	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Newcastle	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Canberra	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Central Coast	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Geelong	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Wollongong	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Hobart	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Townsville	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Mandurah	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Mackay	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Bunbury	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Wellington	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
London	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Manchester	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Edinburgh	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
New York City	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Chicago	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Austin	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Toronto	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Paris	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●
Berlin	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant blueberry

Use acidic potting mix (pH 4.5 to 5.5).
Plant two varieties for better cropping.
Water with rainwater and mulch with pine bark.
Pick when berries are fully blue and soft.

Blueberry varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Sunshine Blue Classiclow-chill · self-fertile · dwarf · 9–13 wksCompact evergreen for pots; low chill
Brigitta Classicheavy-cropper · sweet · 9–13 wksLate, large berries with firm texture
Powder Blue Classicsweet · heavy-cropper · 9–13 wksRabbiteye type for warmer areas
Denise Adventurousheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksCompact berry grown for flavour and good crops
Brightwell Classicheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksVigorous rabbiteye with reliable crops
Top Hat Adventurousdwarf · pot-friendly · 9–13 wksTiny bush for balcony pots

Where to buy seedlings

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Good companions

Strawberry, Azalea, Thyme

Blueberry by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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