Is my top hat blueberry plant dead??

Last summer, I acquired a tiny top hat blueberry plant from an online nursery. I planted it in a container and it did quite well. It grew several inches, but produced no fruit. I wasn't too worried because the research I did assured me that the plant wouldn't produce in its first year. I made the mistake of planting in a terracotta planter and I was afraid to leave it out for the winter since the planter might break. I put the plant into an unheated area and hoped for the best. Now that the weather has warmed a bit, I put the plant back out...but it hasn't done anything at all...How do you tell if a plant is a goner???

Is my top hat blueberry plant dead??
trim a branch back and see if the middle is green- if not trim farther back- if all you get is dead, brown and brittle it is gone, but if you get back to some green- there is hope.


Trim all of the dead , dry stuff off of it and make sure it is in a container or planted somewhere where it's roots have enough room to grow. If you got this as a small plant- be patient- it can take 3 years for a blueberry plant to begin producing fruit