If you like something a bit different, and enjoy experimenting with new varieties of fruit and veg, then you’ll like this. I recently posted about bringing a taste of the exotic to my little English cottage garden potager patch, with my Valentina raspberries. And now I’ve added another interesting and unusual variety into the mix; a Pink Lemonade blueberry. I got mine from Marshalls Seeds but you can get them easily online pretty much anywhere!

© Marshalls Seeds 2017
Apparently this variety of blueberry is much sweeter than its blue-hued counterparts, and flowers with delicate pinkish to white blooms in spring. The hardy plant then produces a large crop of bright pink berries mid-summer, followed by a steady harvest through to early autumn.
Sounds good to me.
If you know blueberries, then you know that they need ericaceous soil and love full sun. Whilst there’s not a lot I can do about the abundance of lack of sunlight in summer, I can control soil conditions. We might have sandy soil in this part of Mid Bedfordshire, but it’s not really acidic enough (between pH 4.0 – 5.5) for these fruit bushes to thrive planted out in the borders. So I’ll be starting my Pink Lemonade blueberry plant off in a large well-draining container (the plant could grow up to 4-5ft) with ericaceous soil, and giving it a regular top up with diluted tomato feed each month. In spring, a liberal mulch of leafmould will also help to keep the plant balanced, fed and healthy.
Apparently Pink Lemonade blueberry plants are self-pollinating, which means they’ll produce fruit with just one plant. That’s all I’ve got for now, but if I choose to buy one or more blueberry plants, it’s said I’ll get a bigger, better crop. To be honest, I’ve got about three years until the plants will produce those juicy, jewelled berries, so I’ve got time to grow my blueberry collection before then. Perhaps a couple of heritage varieties will do…
*This is not a sponsored post. I have not been asked to mention/promote/link to Marshalls Seeds!