Allotment Vegetable Growing |
Saturday 20 March 2010 Allotment Diary |
Vegetable Seeds, Plants, Fruit and Nut Trees |
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Blackberry Canes
Fruit Trees, Nut Trees and Fruit BushesIf you are going to plant a tree or bush, then it is going to be there for some years. So it's well worth spending some time looking at the different varieties and going for something that will be productive and providing you with a good crop in years to come. Time spent to prepare the ground properly will repay you many times over. Blackberry HelenLarge, firm, superbly flavoured fruit produced in abundance from early July. Excellent eaten fresh, frozen or made into jam. Supplied as 1 year old pot grown plants. Price: £17.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackberry Loch NessThis thornless Blackberry has established itself as the most popular in the U.K. with commercial growers. It is high yielding (up to 3.6kg [8 lb] per bush) producing large, very firm, glossy black conical berries from mid-August until first frosts. The flavour is excellent. Produces short, upright canes - ideal for the smaller garden. Planting distance 1.5m-2m Price: £17.95 More Information from Dobies Blackberry NavahoHuge, juicy late season blackberries! An outstanding late-season blackberry variety, producing big clusters of large, sweet, juicy black fruit. They're delicious eaten fresh from the bush, as well as for cooking and in jams and jellies. An erect habit and thornless canes make them easy to manage and a pleasure to pick! Container grown rather than field grown, producing stronger plants of superior quality. Price: £17.95 More Information from Dobies Berry CollectionBlackberries and Tayberries are the easiest of all the berry fruits to grow in the UK. They are very tolerant to site and soil conditions and will even produce a reasonable crop if grown in semi shade once 2 years old. Price: £18.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Blackberry : Karaka BlackThese mammoth-sized, dark black shiny berries are firm and easy to pick, and are some of the largest fruits we have ever seen. Price: £11.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Blackberry : Loch MareeThe newest arrival from the impressive Loch series. Loch Maree is the first variety to have unique double pink flowers adding to its beauty. Its thornless plants produce an excellent crop of super sweet, juicy berries. Price: £11.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Blackberry : Loch NessThe perfect variety for the smaller garden, as it grows on short upright thornless canes. A heavy cropper capable of producing up to 3.6kg (8lb) of fruit per bush of excellent flavour, firm glossy black conical berries. Price: £11.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan Blackberry Ouachita Super SweetExceptional mid-season variety blackberry! The latest and greatest cultivar from the University of Arkansas. Plants are erect and virtually thornless for easy picking, and the berries (which are produced in abundance) are not only extremely large, but also deliciously sweet flavoured! Price: £17.95 More Information from Suttons Seeds Blackberry : ApacheHuge, super-sweet berries about the size of bantams' eggs and weighing up to 11g each are produced on this mid-season variety from Arkansas. The thornless, erect plants of Blackberry Apache make for easy growing in the garden. Fabulous variety. Price: £11.99 More Information from Thompson & Morgan
Please note that all prices and descriptions on this site are believed correct but should be confirmed on the relevant site prior to order. Please let me know if you find an error via the contact page Copyright Information: The Images, seed Descriptions and Titles on this page are used with permission of the copyright holders - Dobies Seeds, Suttons Seeds, Alan Titchmarsh Seeds, Thompson & Morgan
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