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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 4 to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP 6,679 (Expired)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Thornless Blackberry
  • Blackberry

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-11
Closeup of a unripened balckberry
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2011-08-05
produces large berries
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-06-28
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2019-06-03
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-06-28
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-06-28
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2010-08-08
the fruit is very attractive to the fruit eating butterflies

Date: 2014-07-29
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2010-06-28
Location: Indiana zone 5
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2010-04-12
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2010-04-12
first leaf buds in spring

Date: 2014-07-29
Location: DFW, Texas (zone 8)
Date: 2016-04-14
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