Blueberry Confusion

Hello Permies!

I'm having a little confusion regarding blueberries and i'm really hoping someone can set me right. (Based in the UK if anyone wonders about climatic and environmental conditions)

I brought a 'Pink Lemonade' Blueberry from a local garden centre a little while ago, mainly because I thought it was beautiful and it was advertised as being self-fertile.

I then found out that Blueberries are mostly self-fertile but generally do much better with a partner or two (i'm a beginner at this so bear with me!) so purchased another Blueberry 'Chandler' which has a similar growing season to the Pink Lemonade (relatively late).

The Pink Lemonade and Chandler were both advertised to me as being 'Highbush' varieties but i've found out that this is not generally the case with the Pink Lemonade so I am now in rather a bind.

My garden is fairly small, I could probably get away with two more blueberry plants which I think I might well need, as it seems like the two I have are different varieties; is this correct? If this is the case would it be sensible of me to simply buy another Pink Lemonade and another Chandler or would this not be the case?

On another note how does pollination effect currants? I have a 'Red Lake' Redcurrant and a Blackcurrant plant; I read that Whitecurrants are good pollinators for Redcurrants but wondering if, again, i'd be better buying one each; i'd rather like to get some more ornamental yet still useful varieties than the ones I have however but which would still help.

I'm not a blueberry expert but I do also have a Pink Lemonade so I've started looking into this a bit. My understanding is that you can get another Chandler and it will cross pollinate but Pink Lemonade is a rabbiteye and those are self incompatible meaning a Pink Lemonade won't cross pollinate well with another Pink Lemonade. So I think you want another variety of rabbiteye that blooms at the same time.

I have had really bad luck trying to get good blueberry advice from nurseries so I don't really trust what the nursery staff have to say any more. Last time I went looking the tags didn't even say which were highbush vs lowbush vs rabbiteye and when I asked their plant expert she had no idea what I meant and tried to sell me a highbush on the basis that they both bore pink fruit.

Thanks for the reply! So what sort of situation would I be looking at with the Pink Lemonade? Would I still get berries of some description or none at all? It was retailed as being 'self-fertile' and I keep reading online that it is self-fertile but that only seems to be part of the story. I'm fairly sure the garden centre I brought this from advertised it as being a Highbush variety so i'm utterly confused at this point!

So would a normal highbush or another Pink Lemonade bush provide no benefit to my original Pink Lemonade whatever? I'm a little limited in the varieties that are locally available from growers around here so I'm wondering if I should cut my losses and just get another Chandler and stick with highbush varieties (which would be more suited to my climate) or if I could have my cake and eat it so to speak; i'e if there is a blueberry variety that would be a benefit to both the Chandler and the Pink Lemonade?

Where would you advise I look for information on the different breeds and varieties? I.e you found out about the Pink Lemon being potentially self-infertile which I have been unable to find in my researchers; it'd help me not make this mistake again!

I'd go for two more varieties to complement the two you have now.
Chandler will fertilize Pink Lemonade and Pink Lemonade will fertilize Chandler.

Rabbit Eye's for pollinating Pink Lemonade: Brightwell, Bonita, Climax, Premier, Vernon

Chandler pollinator varieties that work best: Georgia Gem, Cooper, Jubilee, Biloxi

With the two you already have, any two (one each) of the above will work very well for giving you a bountiful crop.

Redhawk