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Planting a Blueberry Bush and Pruning an Overgrown Shrub

August 4, 2013

I am officially finished with another side of the house. Only one left to go – the front. And that’s one third complete. I did that yesterday.

Today’s project included planting our Spartan Blueberry bush that’s been sitting in a pot in the back yard for the past two months (much like the Rose of Sharon). I got the idea to plant the blueberry next to the Rose of Sharon last night when I admitted to myself that I was never going to get a “pollinating” friend for this one. In order to see blueberries next season, we need a different breed of bush. One we’re not likely to find. Also, the birds pretty much took care of 90% of the blueberries this season, so I figured I would just use what we have as something ornamental. So that’s what I did. I planted it behind the Rose of Sharon, on the same side of the house the big, overgrown shrub lives.

Spartan Blueberry Bush Tag

Blueberry Bush in Pot

Blueberry Bush

Hopefully it will become big and luscious and look great. I can see that it already dressed up the side of the house a bit.

The next project I wanted to tackle today was to prune that monster of a shrub we’ve got right in between the two I pruned yesterday. You can see the before picture here. As you can tell, it’s quite massive and probably not helping the roof line. I wanted to get it under control.

Things started very well, but when I had about half the trimming finished, it began raining. I stopped for a while, but then decided to head back out for some minor maintenance on another bush. The rain lightened and I started trimming again. Then, the sky opened up and I just worked right through it. I was already wet, so I didn’t care. At least I finished the project.

Pruned Shrubs

Trimmed Bushes


Related posts:

  1. Planting a Rose of Sharon
  2. The New Blueberry Bush
  3. Blueberry Picking At Belltown Hill Orchards
  4. We’ve Got Blueberries
  5. Some Pictures Of a Spirea Shrub After Rain

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