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Plant: Arapaho Blackberry
Rubus 'Arapaho'
$35.00
Size: 3 gal
Light
Full Sun
Bloom
Spring
More about this plant
An early, erect and thornless blackberry whose self-supporting canes reach 4 to 5 feet and need no trellis. It bears sweet black berries in early to mid June, ahead of Apache and Navaho, and is easy to grow in zones 6 to 9. Plant it in full sun in rich, acidic, well-drained soil with regular water.
- Full Sun
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
An early, erect and thornless blackberry whose self-supporting canes reach 4 to 5 feet and need no trellis. It bears sweet black berries in early to mid June, ahead of Apache and Navaho, and is easy to grow in zones 6 to 9. Plant it in full sun in rich, acidic, well-drained soil with regular water.
- Flowers
- Small white flowers in late spring.
- Foliage
- Compound leaves of serrated, oval leaflets.
- Fruit
- Sweet black berries of about 4.5 g that ripen in early to mid June, ahead of Apache and Navaho.
- Bark & stems
- Erect, self-supporting canes that are thornless.
