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Marion Blackberry

Marion Blackberry

Original price was: $70.00.Current price is: $21.00.

1000 in stock

SKU: ulHSF0W3Cu Category:
LIGHT: Full sun
WATER: Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE: Fast growing, trailing canes to 4 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide.

Description A popular blackberry-raspberry hybrid valued for its juicy edible fruits. Sparse, long, lax canes bear white flowers in spring, followed by heavy crops of plump, dark red to black berries that are prized for their sweet flavor. A wonderful berry for fresh eating or baking. The berries ripen from early to midsummer. Deciduous.
Bloom Time Spring
Deciduous/Evergreen Deciduous
Special Features Showy Fruit, Edible, Fast Growing, Benefits Birds
Growth Rate Fast
Landscape Use Border
Design Ideas Plant this tasty berry near a fence, wall or wherever you can provide plenty of support and room for its fruit-laden canes. Grow as a freestanding shrub in a large garden bed and stake canes. This berry is an excellent addition to the fruit and kitchen garden.
Flower Color White
Foliage Color Green
Companion Plants Salvia (Salvia); Rosemary (Rosmarinus); Yarrow (Achillea); Russian Sage (Perovskia); Lavender (Lavandula)
Care Instructions Provide fertile, mildly acidic, well-drained soil. In hot summer regions, shelter from harsh sun, and mulch to keep roots cool. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish root system. Feed in early spring. After harvest, prune away canes that have fruited. Leave newer canes to produce next season’s crop; train on trellis.
History Rubus ‘Marion’ was named for Marion County, Oregon. It is USDA hybrid of R. ursinus and R. x armeniaus, released in 1956.
Lore The name blackberry is a misnomer because this isn’t a true berry. It’s a drupe, an entirely different sort of fruit. The genus Rubus includes many different plants collectively known as “brambles” because they share viney growth and wickedly sharp thorns.

Size

#1 – .75 Gallon – Staked