For blackberry growers there is often a choice to be made – big, sweet, luscious juice-dripping berries on vines with thorns like daggers, or easy-picking thornless vines with smaller, less-juicy berries. Now, thanks to the phenomenal breeding program at the […] Continue Reading Natchez ...
beta carotene, omega-3 fatty acids, and lutein. In most regions, the fruit is ripe when it is colored a dark purple or black, which usually occurs in mid to late summer. Cultivated related fruits like raspberry may have two cycles of fruiting, producing berries in early summer and in ...
These are not, technically, thorns, which are themselves extensions of the stem. Prickles are extensions of the plant epidermis. These will cause pain to most creatures, including humans, who would seek to infiltrate the plant’s flower; however, deer often are seen grazing the flowers of ...
‘Pixwell’ is sold most often; it’s very productive and hardy though fruit is of average quality and best if harvested slightly underripe; small to medium-size berries that are light green, maturing to a soft pink; 3- to 4-foot-tall bush; hardy in Zones 4 to 6; bears thorns which...
Everbearing bushesproduce two crops, Summer and Fall, on second-year canes. Summer Bearing plantsproduce fruit in the summer on second-year canes. Fall Bearing bushesproduce berries on first-year canes. Did You Know?Raspberry bushes are members of the rose family. While they both have thorns,...
‘Pixwell’ is sold most often; it’s very productive and hardy though fruit is of average quality and best if harvested slightly underripe; small to medium-size berries that are light green, maturing to a soft pink; 3- to 4-foot-tall bush; hardy in Zones 4 to 6; bears thorns which...
You’ll need to take care with thorns when handling Pyracantha, given that it’s part of the rose family. Ideally, you should plant this shrub in sandy soil. Keep it away from trellises if you want it to maintain a shrub shape. ...