Blackberry
Rubus fruticosus
ShrubPlacenta
Production
A fast, thorny pioneer that shelters young seedlings in a living thicket and hands you heaps of fruit. Aggressive to a fault - cut old canes yearly or it'll take the whole plot.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Shrub
- Lifecycle
- Placenta
- Soil preference
- Loam, Sandy
- Soil pH range
- 5.5 – 7.5
- Min. temperature
- -20°C
- Min. rainfall
- 600 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- Medium
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Irrigation needed
- Medium
How to manage it
Fast thorny pioneer thicket that shelters young seedlings and yields heavy fruit; cut old canes out every year to keep it productive and contained.
Watch out for
Thorny and aggressively spreading via tip-rooting and suckers; classed as an invasive weed in many regions (e.g. Australia, western US) and can smother young plantings if left unchecked.
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