Botanical Name: Rubus canadensis Thornless
Common Names: Thornless Blackberry, Smooth Blackberry,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Deciduous
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Citrus & Fruit, Shrubs Spreading, Upright
Description:
The perfect blackberry for the home garden, a thornless variety that produces an abundance of large sweet blackberries. The fruit is ready for harvest during mid summer when it has turned from red to completely black, the fruit can be eaten fresh or used in cooking or preserving.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Edible Garden, Feature, Formal Garden
Pests & Diseases: Borers, Botrytis
Cultural Notes: You will get best results when planted in full sun. Fruit is produced on one year old wood, once fruit is harvested prune those canes to the ground. New shoots will appear in spring and you can prune these to keep the bush to a manageable size of about 5-6 canes. A support structure will aid in plant support and shape. Apply a mulch of mushroom compost or rotted manure and straw at the end of winter and add a organic slow release fertiliser.
Plant Care
Liquid feed, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Rosaceae NorthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Pink, White
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Yes
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: High
Water Usage: High
Drought: TBA
Frost: Moderate
Wind: TBA
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