Blackberry Rubus 'Oregon Thornfree' - 15cm Potted Plant

• Juicy berries with a mild sweet/tart flavour
• Heavy cropper
• Thornless stems make harvesting easy
• Ornamental foliage

Popular Blackberry ‘Oregon Thornless’ produces heavy crops of delicious juicy berries with a mild flavour and well-balanced acids and sugars. Thornless stems make picking easy, and ornamental fern-like foliage and pretty summer flowers add to the plant’s appeal.

‘Oregon Thornless’ is one of the latest blackberries to harvest, ready from late August to late September, so it’s an ideal choice to extend your picking season.

How you will receive your plants:

Selected by our team of experts and sent from our nursery, you will receive your plant in a 15cm pot, ready to plant out.

Can’t plant straight away?

Place in a sheltered spot and water regularly to keep the compost moist

Planting tips and hints:

Planting in the ground: Dig a hole approximately twice as deep and 3 times as wide as the plant’s rootball. If your soil is heavy mix in a soil improver before backfilling. Place the plant in the hole so that it sits at the same level in the ground as it did in the pot. Firm the soil around the plant and water thoroughly. Water regularly in the first year after planting and in dry periods.

Planting in containers: Choose a pot with good drainage holes. Place stones or crocks (bits of broken pottery) at the bottom of the pot to stop the drainage holes clogging up. Use a good quality loam-based compost such as John Innes no 3.

Feeding and aftercare: Mulch annually with organic matter such as garden compost. Apply a slow-release high potash fertiliser in mid-spring. Feed container grown plants with a high potash liquid fertiliser during the summer months, and water regularly. Re-pot every 2-3 years in winter.