5 Thornless Blackberry Plants – Live Berry Plants – Primocane Fruiting Plugs – Large Sweet Berries

Overview

Transform your garden into a berry-producing paradise with these remarkable thornless blackberry plants. Offering the rare convenience of fruit on both first-year (primocane) and second-year (floricane) canes, these live berry plants provide an extended harvest season, allowing you to enjoy fresh, sweet berries from early summer through fall. Renowned for their large, firm, and juicy fruit, these blackberries boast excellent shelf life and deliver a consistently productive yield. The smooth, thornless canes make pruning, training, and harvesting an absolute pleasure, eliminating the usual challenges associated with traditional blackberry varieties. Perfect for home gardeners seeking an abundant and low-maintenance berry crop, these vigorous plants are truly an asset to any edible landscape.

These live berry plants are supplied as healthy plugs, ready for fast establishment in your garden. They are an everbearing variety, meaning they produce fruit over a longer period compared to traditional types. Whether you’re an experienced grower or new to fruit cultivation, these blackberries offer a rewarding experience with their robust growth and delicious output. Prepare to enjoy a bountiful harvest of some of the best berries you’ve ever tasted, right from your own backyard.

Key Benefits

Our thornless blackberry plants are designed to provide maximum enjoyment and minimal fuss, making them an ideal choice for any gardener. Experience the joy of abundant, high-quality fruit with these exceptional benefits:

• Extended Harvest Season: Enjoy two distinct harvest periods, one in early summer and another from late August through October, thanks to their unique primocane and floricane fruiting habits. This dual harvest potential significantly increases your overall yield.
• Effortless Cultivation: The smooth, thornless canes are a game-changer, making pruning, training, and harvesting your berries a comfortable and enjoyable task, free from painful pricks. This also makes them ideal for families with children.
• Superior Fruit Quality: Produce large, firm, and exceptionally sweet berries that are perfect for fresh eating, baking, freezing, juicing, and even market sales. Their excellent shelf life ensures you can enjoy your harvest longer.
• Adaptable & Hardy: These vigorous primocane blackberry plants thrive in USDA Zones 5–8, demonstrating excellent cold hardiness and adaptability to various growing regions, ensuring success for a wide range of climates.
• Reduced Maintenance: Designed for ease of care, these plants require less intensive management compared to many other berry varieties, allowing you more time to savor your delicious harvest.
• Versatile Use: The berries are incredibly versatile, perfect for pies, jams, smoothies, or simply enjoying fresh off the cane. Having a consistent supply of these delicious berries will elevate your culinary creations.
• Fast Establishment: Supplied as bare root plugs, these easy to grow blackberries are ready for quick establishment, getting your berry patch up and running with minimal delay.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Ensuring your thornless blackberry plants thrive requires attention to a few key growing conditions. These resilient plants are relatively low-maintenance but will reward proper care with abundant harvests. They flourish in full sun, requiring at least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal fruit production and plant health. Plant them in rich, well-drained soil with a slightly acidic to neutral pH, ideally between 6.0 and 6.5. Good drainage is crucial to prevent root rot, so consider amending heavy clay soils with organic matter like compost or peat moss.

When planting, space individual plugs 3–5 feet apart, allowing ample room for growth and air circulation, with 6–8 feet between rows if planting multiple. Consistent watering is vital, especially during establishment and fruiting periods; aim for 1–1.5 inches of water weekly, either from rainfall or irrigation. Mulching around the base of the plants will help conserve soil moisture, regulate temperature, and suppress weeds. Trellising is highly recommended to support the vigorous canes, improve airflow, and make harvesting easier. For dual harvest blackberry varieties, pruning involves removing spent floricanes after the summer harvest and tipping primocanes to encourage lateral branching. If you prefer a fall-only crop, simply cut all canes back to the ground in late winter. These easy to grow blackberries are a fantastic addition to any garden, providing delicious fruit for years to come.

Size & Details

Each order includes 5 healthy thornless blackberry plants, provided as bare root plugs ready for immediate planting and rapid establishment. These vigorous plants are known for their strong growth habit, quickly developing into productive bushes. Mature plants typically reach heights of 5-8 feet and can spread 3-4 feet wide, especially when trellised. The fruit develops on both first-year (primocane) and second-year (floricane) canes, allowing for an early summer crop in July and a fall crop extending from late August through October, depending on your specific climate zone. With proper care, these plants will begin producing a significant harvest within their first year, with production increasing in subsequent years. The large, sweet berries are a highlight, offering a generous yield per plant.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big do these thornless blackberry plants get? A: These vigorous plants typically grow to about 5-8 feet tall and can spread 3-4 feet wide. Trellising is recommended to support their growth and make harvesting easier.
• Q: Are these an indoor or outdoor plant? A: These are outdoor live berry plants, best suited for garden beds, raised beds, or large containers in a sunny outdoor location. They thrive in USDA Zones 5–8.
• Q: How much sunlight do these primocane blackberry plants need? A: They require full sun, meaning at least 6–8 hours of direct sunlight per day, for optimal growth and fruit production.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for, especially for beginners? A: Yes, these are considered easy to grow blackberries due to their thornless nature and dual fruiting habit, which simplifies pruning and harvesting. They are a great choice for both experienced and novice gardeners.
• Q: What condition will the plants arrive in? A: Your order will include 5 healthy bare root plugs, carefully packaged to ensure they arrive in excellent condition, ready for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant these blackberries? A: The best time to plant these bare root plugs is typically in early spring after the last frost, allowing them ample time to establish before the growing season.
• Q: Can I get two harvests from these dual harvest blackberry plants? A: Absolutely! These plants are primocane fruiting, meaning they produce a crop on first-year canes in late summer/fall and another crop on second-year canes in early summer.
• Q: What kind of soil is best for these blackberries? A: They prefer rich, well-drained soil with a pH between 6.0 and 6.5. Good drainage is crucial to prevent disease.
• Q: Will these blackberries survive winter in my zone? A: These plants are cold-hardy and thrive in USDA Zones 5–8. In colder parts of this range, providing some winter protection may be beneficial.
• Q: How long until I see fruit from these live berry plants? A: You can expect to see fruit production as early as the first year, with a more substantial harvest in the second year and beyond.