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'Karaka Black' Blackberry Bush
Larger than average berries with a long cropping season
Grown by John
South Downs National Park
The highlights
- Large juicy berries up to 7.5cm long
- Harvest from June to September
- Grow in a sunny border
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
Description
- Karaka Black is a thorny-stemmed blackberry with long, gracefully arching canes covered in dark green leaves and white flowers in spring
- Larger than average berries can reach 7.5cm in length
- A very rich, juicy taste with a good sweetness
- Awarded RHS Plant for Pollinators status for its benefits to wildlife
- Performs well in a sunny spot or with partial shade.
- Long cropping season from early summer to autumn
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How To Grow
Excellent pest and disease resistance
Has been bred for excellent disease resistance. The biggest problem, as with most soft fruit, is that they are so delicious that local wildlife will want to eat them too! Use a fruit net to keep birds off, and pick regularly.
Full sun to partial shade
Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring /summer. Blackberries will tolerate partial shade but will fruit best in full sun.
Prefers fertile, well draining soil.
Loam or sandy soil is perfect. You should also consider digging in some organic matter (manure or compost) when planting to improve the soil
Prune in autumn / winter
Blackberries fruit on two year old wood (the previous year's growth). To ensure good crops, make sure that you preserve the new shoots each year and then prune away the canes which have fruited that summer. You're aiming to achieve a balance of new growth and fruiting wood for each year.
Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower
South Downs National Park
Meet John
110 years' expertise free with every plant
You simply can’t buy better fruit plants and here’s why. John grows them outdoors, just like his family has done since 1908, so they’re more than a match for the UK weather. John only has time for the top performing varieties, meaning that you can be assured of a successful (and blooming tasty) soft fruit crop.
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Excellent delivery and service
Well, the delivery was spot on, the tree looks healthy enough for a sleeping plant, although at the moment most of the branches are on one side of the trunk which in itself is bent banana-style. quite wonky. One can only hope that it grows into a fruitful plant with some character?
30 January
Nice sized tree in good condition
Time will tell on the quality of the product (bare-root apple trees), but the stems that arrived seemed in great condition and very well packaged so no damage in transit. Looking forward to Spring!
Ange
Appears v healthy
Very happy with purchase
Ms Arlene Bocking
Lovely tree
So happy with my purchase of my Braeburn Hillwell apple tree from Roots Plants. It arrived promptly, well packaged and in a good, healthy condition. I soaked it for an hour before planting and it's doing well. Looking forward to our home grown apples, in time.
Ms Arlene Bocking
It has picked up now and is growing well
It arrived in a heat wave and looked a little bit sorry for itself when planted out but it has picked up now and is growing well.
David Osborne
Good service all round
Arrived on time as the seller said it would and the courier gave me a time slot to track my parcel. It came well packaged and was of good quality for this time of year. It looks a good and healthy tree and will be planted up in a few weeks after the ground has been prepared. I’m pleased with my purchase.
Helen