I heard that blueberry in northern states are tall hedges and the size of quarters. It's us in southern states that have to grow the short ones with smaller fruit. It will be a winner if it does well in the south.
I thought most Southern High Bush varieties grow to an average of 4-6 feet from every plant description i've found.
Yes, the BIG issue with highbush in Florida is failure to resist nematodes and rot.
As a result, a market couldn't get established down here.
However, THIS blueberry high'er'bush variety, which one of my wife's ancestors created from a seed a couple centuries ago in Georgia, was transplanted to Defuniak Springs, FL, where it lived out much of its duration, and was later transplanted and brought to Fairhope, AL, by my wife's late Great Uncle. He kept a large row of them on his property that he had propagated, but he refused to share anything but berries.
In his elderly age, my wife took care of him and he awarded her with one of the blueberry trees (considered to him "a big deal" as the war veteran he was).
After he passed, his farmland sold into a subdivision, and the developers cut down, killed and burned every rare and heirloom fruit tree on his property he spent the latter part of his life developing.
As far as we know, the blueberry we have is the only known one of its kind alive, and it grows without any care in the deep south--including Florida. No known pests, and proven tolerancy between zones 7-9, and I'm sure could handle a zone or two in either direction. Self fruitful, and ultra prolific with giant, delicious berries. Also, it grows way beyond 10'--mine having reached 18' (at least until the berry harvest weights it down to weeping mode--at which point it's only 12' high. Only, haha.
Anyhow, we are likely to name it after her uncle, and will certainly try to get a patent and share this 1 of a kind wonder of nature with others. Just need to follow all the right steps.
And trust me, you've never tasted a blueberry as pure as this one. I've tried to find one that came close, and notta. They are either too sweet or tart. This one is right down the middle.