Blackberry
(Rubus sp.)
Like all brambles, blackberries are easy to grow and quick to produce a crop. Within one year you'll be rewarded with buckets of ripe, delicious berries. They are versatile plants that thrive in part or full sun, less than ideal soils, and require little care. The berries themselves are highly perishable, so eating them soon after picking is important.
In the landscape, Blackberries are quite attractive with their deep green foliage, white flowers, and fruits in shades of bright red to black. They are great for creating a quick privacy screen or to disguise an ugly fence or wall. Brambles are usually trained along supports, to encourage more fruiting, but they will produce plenty even if they are left alone to grow along your fence as they will.
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Black Satin, Thornless Blackberry
This thornless variety of blackberry produces good crops of large, firm, glossy black berries that are great for fresh eating, freezing, preserves and baking. The plants are quite vigorous so they are pretty quick to get established. Black Satin vines cannot support themselves so be sure to plant them next to a support structure such as a fence or trellis to keep the delicious fruit off the ground. Hardy to USDA zone 5.
Chester, Thornless Blackberry *Organically Grown*
This thornless floricane variety of blackberry is a wonderful summer bearing selection that is highly productive and wonderfully tasty! The berries are firm and sweet which makes them excellent for fresh eating as well as for making into pies and preserves. Chester is especially valuable in the general inland NW area for it's tolerance to heat and drought. Even the berries handle heat better than most, with their resistance to softening, fading, and leaking due to heat. The berries typically start to ripen in August and continue until frost. Cold Hardy to USDA Zones 5.
Self-fertile - no other variety required for fruit production.
Triple Crown, Thornless Blackberry
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Triple Crown gets its name from three crowing attributes: flavor, productivity and vigor. Plants yield large, glossy, sweet and tasty fruits that are pleasantly firm and able to withstand shipping. Plants are semi-erect and thornless. Vigorous brambles can grow 12-15 feet in a season. Triple Crown is a joint release from U.S.D.A.-Beltsville and the Pacific West Agricultural Research Service. Ripens: Mid July to mid August. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 5.
Osage, Thornless Blackberry *Organically Grown*
This thornless, floricane cultivar is the thirteenth release from the University of Arkansas. Osage was developed with the intention of advancing flavor to a higher level in Blackberries. The berries are medium size and very firm with excellent flavor, good yielding and has an excellent storage potential. The glossy, black, medium-sized berries are excellent for fresh eating or making into jellies, jams and juice. Osage Blackberry exhibits high disease resistance and is sure to be a favorite of home gardeners and market growers. Tolerates Heat and Humidity. Hardy to zone 5.
Self-fertile (can produce fruit on it's own).
Ponca, Thornless Blackberry *Organically Grown*
This thornless, floricane variety is the latest release from the premier blackberry breeder, Dr. John Clark, at University of Arkansas. One of the sweetest and most flavorful blackberry varieties seen yet, it will appeal to home gardeners and local market growers. Commercial growers will love its yield potential and post harvest fruit quality! Plants have shown excellent cane health. This cultivar ripens early, similar to Natchez. Hardy to zone 5.
Self-fertile (can produce fruit on it's own).