Perfect Plants Ouachita Thornless BlackBerry Bush 1 Gal. Pot Extremely Hardy Large Sweet Berries

The Perfect Plants live Ouachita Blackberry, scientific name Rubus ursinus 'Ouachita', is one of the varieties of blackberries that get large, deliciously sweet fruit. This variety or bush produces a bit earlier than other blackberries, during the early summer. With its super sweet fruit, this berry can be eaten fresh, or cooked down into a jam or jelly. You can even add other fruits such as strawberries, Grapes, the raspberry, or even a fig to create delicious jams of seedless jellies. The Ouachita blackberry is heat hardy, and does not require a trellis, it can stand up on its own. Planting multiple blackberry bushes next to each other can increase your yield due to cross pollination. This variety of blackberry bush does best outdoors in full sun, and produces fruit on the previous year growth. once fruited, you can cut back those canes to make room for more fruit bearing branches. Be sure to give this live plant plenty of water. This shrubs comes directly from our nursery in florida, and ships directly to your home. We recommend giving the thornless berry a yearly dose of fruit fertilizer to keep the plant consistently Producing fruit. our blackberries ship potted in a 1 Gallon container, and will continue to grow once planted in soil.

• Grow your own blackberries; With the Ouachita vine you can grow your own source of sweet blackberries right in your front or backyard. These fruit vines consistently produce heavy yields.
• Self fertile; This blackberry vine is able to self pollinate, doing away with the need for more than one plant. The fruit from this plant ripen in the summer around June and July.
• Grow zones; Ouachita Blackberry Vine grows in a variety of environments and has a notable tolerance to hot climates. These plants grow well in hardiness zones 6-9.
• Chill hours; This fruit bearing vine requires roughly 400 chill hours in order to produce fruit, which can be achieved through an average winter season even in the south.
• The ouachita blackberry is incredibly easy to take care of, just make sure to give it plenty of water while the fruits are developing to get delicous fruit that is perfect for jams or syrups