Blackberry are a group of thorny fruiting deciduous shrubs with a biennial growth habit where it forms vegetative first-year stems, which then produce flowering second-year stems that bears the fruits its known for. The compound leaves may turn yellow to red in fall. Its white to pink flowers give way to clusters of fruits in which usually ripen in summer. Fruits best in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.
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Type:
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Shrub
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Height:
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3'- 6'
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Spread:
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6’ - 8'
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Spacing:
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7'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Summer
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Medium Maintenance. Water regularly. Remove fruiting canes to the ground immediately after harvest. Generally performs best when staked. Wilt, Anthracnose, and botrytis can be serious disease problems. Cane and crown borers are potential pest issues.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Edible Gardens, Hedges, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: White Oak, Chives, Bee Balm
IMAGES: Biberl, Blackberries near Erlangen 1, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) liz west from Boxborough, MA, USA, Backyard wild blackberries - Flickr - Muffet, CC BY 2.0, (3) Kolforn (Wikimedia), -2020-09-23 Blackberrys, Coast Path, Trimingham, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) anonymous, Blackberry blossoms, CC BY 2.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
