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