Kane: 1. All blueberries are good. Differences in "taste" are subtle and often subjective. Productivity depends much more on the size, maturity, and growing conditions of your plants than on variety, although some varieties are said to have an edge. I have not grown Bluehaven, but if you have already ordered or planted them, my advice is to keep them. Ripping them out or canceling your order to try to plant a "better tasting" variety would be foolishness. There are some notable differences in growth habit of different varieties, such as dwarf northern highbush varieties (some intended for container culture), which are small and grow slowly, and rabbiteye/southern highbush varieties, which tend to grow faster and larger. What is the source of your plants, their age, and are they bareroot or potted plants? 2. I will not deny there may be a pollination edge to growing several blueberry varieties, but pollination has never been an issue for me at all. In Northern Virginia, blueberry pollination is done by large bumblebees, and they do a very good job. On my blueberries, every blossom sets a blueberry and always has, even when I grew only Blueray. If anything, the problem will be overset of berries, especially on younger plants, and the berries should be heavily thinned or completely removed at least the 1st season to encourage more vegetative growth. After that, they can often still benefit from thinning if the berry clusters are too numerous and tight. Thinning tight berry clusters can give you much better berry size. Having said that, I would not discourage you from planting some additional blueberry varieties, particularly if they are of different maturity dates, to stretch out your season. With blueberries, it is hard to have too many. 3. If you are just planting blueberries this spring, you are a long way (maybe 4-5 years) from any worries about pruning. The more growth they put on at this point, the better for you. If you lop off the ends of blueberry canes, you remove the prime fruiting areas. Once blueberry plants become mature, which can take as long as 8-10 years, they can benefit from renovation pruning which means removal of entire thick older canes right at the base. This will encourage the growth of more vigorous, productive base-branching shoots which will become your new canes. Most canes will produce well for 4-6 years before you have to begin thinking about this, unless your plants grow so vigorously and become so crowded that they can benefit from some total cane removal to open them up. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA

It may get some blackspot. I'm not sure how much mine gets because I don't look at it at other times of the year after it blooms. However, it certainly does not get enough to kill the plant. Mine is fine after 15 years with little to no care - sad but true. I just enjoy its sumptuous bloom for about 2 weeks every spring. Best, Nick

Vettin; Just noodling around the internet I found this website that looks pretty good for your area (http://users.sitestar.net/~jmfarron/bfgardening/NoVa_gardening.html). Many of the butterflies you will encounter are the same for much of the east. There are many many species of milkweed in North America of which Monarchs feed on a variety. The species of milkweed you are growing will determine whether you can grow it well in a pot. Do you intend to keep it there and not disturb it? Asclepias curassavica is a tropical milkweed, sometimes called bloodflower or mexican milkweed, and is an annual. It can be grown in a pot. It is a good one for a beginner. It is not too late to start it. However, you will not have a crop ready for early season Monarchs. Also, you will need more than you think. If you grow the annual though, it won't spread in the ground. You will have to ask the others about the dog thing though. I don't have one. Maybe plants some bushes for some of the other butterflies? Some spicebush for spicebush swallowtails? Dogs shouldn't get into that. Good Luck, Elisabeth

trying to grow pure Changsha in zone 7a would be a stretch, most likely it's not going to work out, but you may have a chance in zone 7b (especially the warmer half of zone 7b) if you live in the South. I have tasted the fruit of what I believe was a Morton citrange. The fruit entirely looked like a delicious orange, very inviting, but biting into it it had an awful flavor that I can only describe as putrid, and it made me want to immediately spit it out. I was told there was one other person who tasted it that found it to taste acceptably edible and could eat it. From what I have researched, I think many other Poncirus hybrids don't taste as bad as this Morton citrange, though they usually do tend to have a similar flavor. As for the US 852 hybrid, I have seen a video where a guy said he was even able to manage to enjoy eating them. Though I suspect he probably had more "adventurous" tastes that many people.