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FruitsHardyPerennial (long-lived)
Blackberry
Blackberry is a cane fruit grown for heavy crops of dark berries from vigorous thorny or thornless stems. It is useful both for fresh picking and preserving, and modern varieties offer manageable growth for gardens as well as allotments.
Basic information
Category
Fruits
Lifecycle
Perennial (long-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
1 companion · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Plant spacing
150 cm
Row spacing
200 cm
Height
200 cm
Spread
150 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
Timings based on average frost dates in the UK. Sign up to set your frost dates.
Care tips
Train new canes neatly as they grow so later pruning and picking are much easier. Remove fruited canes after harvest, keep the root zone mulched, and water in prolonged dry weather while new canes are forming next year’s crop.
Common pests
Birds, raspberry and blackberry aphids, raspberry beetle, red berry mite.
Companions
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.