Generally regarded as cool climate plants berries will produce worthwhile crops in the subtropics. For best results stake and mulch well in order to keep the foliage and fruit off the ground. Remove old canes (2 year old canes that have born fruit during late spring, early summer) and tie current seasons growth up onto trellises.
Vigorous, trailing bramble with sweet, juicy, black-purple berries in Summer.
These bushes produce masses of berries, high in Vitamin C. Ideal fruit for making jams, juice and even liqueur. Highly frost tolerant and best in areas where Winters are cold. Plant into rich moist free draining soil in a site protected from strong hot winds. Full sun or a site that gets late afternoon shade. Tolerant of heavy wet soils.
Juicy, tart, wine-red to almost black fruit with a dust-like coating and distinctive aroma. They are delicious eaten fresh or are used in pies & jams. One of the better performing trailing berries in the subtropics. Thorny
140mm | $9.90 AU | In Production | 
Produces large berries with delicious blackberry / raspberry flavour. Vigorous shrub with fine thorns. Flowers are pink and fruit purple black when ripe. A strong trellis needed for support. Very vigorous.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
This berryfruit is a cross between the blackberry and the red raspberry. The long cylindrical berry is a delightful dusky purple-red when ripe. The aromatic fruit becomes sweeter when sunripened and is delicious eaten fresh or used in preserves and desserts.
140mm | $12.90 AU | In Production |
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 1 | High | No | Semi-evergreen | October - December |
We welcome your Tips on Berry Fruits. Share Your Tip.
Sensational fruit, so delicious, my second years crop is just flowering and it looks like I should receive lots of yummy fruit | David O'bryan - Mansfield, QLD 18-Oct-2008
Hi, My Thornless Youngberry is growing well, has long canes about 2 meters long, now is starting to side-shoot from main stem and shoot from the base. Where will the flowers appear? Should i feed it now? | Wayne - Logan Village, QLD 23-Apr-2009
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