Blackberry plant

Blackberry plant growing shrub or vine of the genus Rubus also known as Blackberry or Common Blackberry, Blackberry plant perennial evergreen semi-deciduous plant, can grow in temperate, subtropical or mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 3-10.

Flower color white, the flowers grow in clusters.

Blackberry plant fruits

Fruit color black, fruit assembled from small cells that put together a round shape (circle / oval). When pick the Blackberry plant fruits the fruits are stay out with the torus.

Not be confused with Black raspberry

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Requirements for Blackberry plant growing and care:

Trellising, require chilling or colder weather, prune for easy harvest

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant /Vegetative Reproduction / Seeds possible but not recommend

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
Necessary to use vegetative reproduction

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Most of the spices are thorny, as it grows as a thorny bush it’s a place for snake

Recommended planting season?
Winter, spring, summer

Pests and diseases:
Redberry mite, aphids

Pruning season:
Autumn, winter

How to prune:
Inside branches, design the shape

Size of the plant?
2-7 m, 6-21 feet

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Fast growing / Medium growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun

Is it possible to grow as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Spring

General information about the flower
White flower, 1-3 cm, with 5 petals

Thinning the bloom:
Until the plant established

Pollination is done by:
Bees and more

Edible Fruit

Fruit harvest season:
Spring / Summer

Fruits pests or diseases:
Birds

What can be done with big quantities of Blackberry plant fruits?
Eaten raw, cake, cooked, juice

Work requirements on the fruit:
No special requires

How long does it take to bear fruit?
2-3 years

Ripening of fruit:
Possible not to pick it fully ripen and let it to be ripen at home

Subspecies

Navaho’, ‘Ouachita’, ‘Cherokee’, ‘Apache’, ‘Arapaho’

Vegetative Reproduction

Vegetative Reproduction Method:
Cutting / bending a branch over and covering it with earth

Preferred time for vegetative reproduction:
Spring

Time to grow roots in vegetative reproduction:
2-3 weeks

Treatment for vegetative reproduction:
Cutting to put on humid soil, when bending the branch sometimes should break it

Scientific name:

Rubus fruticosus