It grew a lot, and produced leaves, but not a single blueberry did it grow that Summer. We were very disappointed.
Fast forward to now, and it's covered in hundreds of little pinky purple buds. I've been watching them closely, expecting them to open into flowers and turn into blueberries in much the same way that our other fruits do. But apparently that's not how blueberries grow! They are currently looking like this:
The buds simply inflate into hollow, white spheres. They remind me of those round paper lightshades people have on their ceilings. I pressume they will get plumper and purpler over time.
I'd better look into netting them so the birds don't get to them first! Hopefully we'll have enough to make a batch of muffins as well as eating them raw. Yum.
In plum tree news, I am very excited because some of the flowers are now looking like this (excuse poor focus, the camera was very confused!):
BABY PLUMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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