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Osage Blackberry Bush: Berry Your Garden with Delectable Charm
About the Fruit
The Osage Blackberry is a mouthwatering delight that garners attention for its sweet, succulent berries. These plump, juicy fruits are known for their exceptional flavor and firmness, making them perfect for fresh eating, preserves, or baking. A relatively new variety, the Osage Blackberry offers a unique combination of taste and texture that stands out in the berry world. Its glossy, deep purple-black berries are not only delicious but also packed with antioxidants and vitamins for a healthful treat straight from your garden.
What to Know About the Plant
The Osage Blackberry Bush is a thornless, erect cultivar known for its disease resistance and heat tolerance. This deciduous plant showcases lush green foliage that turns to striking shades of orange and red in the fall, adding ornamental value to your garden throughout the seasons. Its thornless canes make maintenance and berry picking a hassle-free joy. A robust and resilient bush, the Osage requires minimal care, making it an excellent choice for both novice and experienced gardeners alike.
Harvest Season
The harvest season for the Osage Blackberry Bush is a time of abundance, typically arriving in early summer. As temperatures warm, clusters of white flowers give way to the developing berries, signaling the impending feast. By midsummer, you’ll be greeted by the delightful sight of ripe, plump blackberries ready for picking. The Osage’s extended harvest period allows for prolonged enjoyment of these delectable fruits straight from the branch.
Enhancing Your Fruitscape™
Imagine integrating the Osage Blackberry Bush into your unique fruitscape™, where practicality blends with visual appeal. This blackberry bush not only provides a bountiful yield but also enhances the beauty of your edible landscape. Its attractive foliage and charming fruit make it an ideal candidate for borders, background plantings, or as a standout specimen in your fruitscape™. With the Osage Blackberry Bush, you’ll transform your outdoor area into a stunning display of nature’s bounty and reap the delicious rewards season after season.
Choose Just Fruits and Exotics for your Osage Blackberry Bush, and experience the convenience and confidence of receiving a plant shipped 100% in pot. Our superior packaging ensures your plant arrives in pristine condition, ready to thrive in your garden. As a family-owned and operated online nursery with a trusted reputation, we’re dedicated to providing you with the highest quality plants and a personalized, local-friendly shopping experience. Elevate your fruitscape™ with the Osage Blackberry Bush and savor the taste of fresh, homegrown berries this summer.
Chill Hours | 200-300c.u. |
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Cold Hardy | 15°-20° |
Container Plant | Container Friendly |
Growing Zone | 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A, 8B |
Mature Height | 3-4FT |
Mature Width | 4-5FT |
Pollinator | Self Fertile |
Spacing | 3 FT |
Sunlight | Part to Full |
Recommended Fertilizers
Starter Fertilizer: Kickstart with Espoma Organic Bio-tone® Starter Plus. This potent blend boosts root mass and aids in mitigating transplant shock, ensuring your plants thrive in their new home.
Maintenance Fertilizer: For continued growth and fruit production, we recommend Espoma Organic Tree-tone Fertilizer. Designed specifically for fruit trees, this balanced formula nourishes your plants, promoting vibrant growth and bountiful harvests.
Fruitscaping with Blackberry Bushes
Bring the wonder of Fruitscaping™ to your garden with our Blackberry Bushes. These hardy plants provide a rewarding and fruitful gardening experience, rich in flavor and benefits.
Blackberry bushes are robust plants that adapt well to a variety of soil conditions. However, they thrive best in well-draining, fertile soils enriched with organic matter. Mulching is recommended, not only to suppress weeds and retain soil moisture, but also to keep the fruit clean and easy to pick.
Blackberries are an irresistible treat, filled with sweet, juicy flavor and high nutritional value. These sun-loving plants yield abundant crops that are perfect for fresh eating, baking, freezing, or making into mouthwatering preserves or wines.
Beyond their delicious fruit, Blackberry bushes are also great aesthetic additions to your garden. The arching canes and delicate white or pink flowers in the spring add an ornamental touch, while the glossy, deep green leaves provide an attractive backdrop throughout the season.
Blackberry bushes are versatile and suit different gardening styles. They can be trained along fences, trellises, or walls for an impressive living screen, or grown as freestanding plants for a striking garden feature. If space is a premium, consider container gardening. Pruning and training your blackberry bush can also result in higher quality fruit, as it improves sunlight exposure and air circulation.
Integrating Blackberry bushes with other fruitful plants such as apple trees, blueberry bushes, or grapevines will create an impressive, edible landscape. Imagine the delight of harvesting a variety of fresh, homegrown fruits right from your own garden!
With Blackberry bushes, the joy of Fruitscaping™ comes full circle – from planting and care to the rewarding harvest of plump, juicy berries.
Growing Guides
You can find many planting & care guides on our growing guides page.
Shipping Restrictions
Unfortunately, We Cannot Process Orders to California, Hawaii, Alaska, or Internationally: Please note that due to specific agricultural regulations, we’re unable to ship any plants to the states of California, Hawaii, and Alaska, or outside the United States. Additionally, citrus trees can only be shipped within the state of Florida.
Shipping Information
Before Your Plants Arrive: You can find many guides on unpacking, planting, & care, on our growing guides page.
The Journey From Our Nursery to Your Door: We NEVER ship our plants bare root. Your plant will travel in the very container in which it was nurtured. We thoroughly prune and water them before packing, and make sure they’re well wrapped to retain moisture during transit. It’s as though you’ve personally collected them from our nursery!
Choose Your Ship Date: We understand you’ll want to be available when your plant arrives. Our checkout process features a handy calendar that allows you to choose the Monday on which you want your plant to ship. Depending on your location, you’ll likely receive your plant by Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday of that week. Once shipped, UPS will generate a tracking number and send it to the email you provided. You can then follow your plant’s journey and ensure someone is available to unpack it on arrival day.
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