Thornless Evergreen/Oregon Thornless

Season Overview

Description

This popular blackberry variety delights with its delicious fruit. At the same time, the 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen' blackberry is extraordinary to look at. In this country, this thornless variety is better known as 'Thornless Evergreen', but gardeners also call this blackberry 'Blacky' or 'Domino'. The berry is one of the high-yielding self-fruiting varieties that are ideal for the home garden. It has an attractive, medium to strong upright growth habit with long tendrils. The shoots of (bot.) Rubus fruticosus 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen' are thornless, which makes this variety so desirable. The berries are easy to pick and can be used in a variety of ways. The medium-sized to large fruits of the blackberry 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen' are conical, shiny black and firm. The firm flesh means that the fruit can be stored for a long time. The sweet and sour taste of the attractive fruit completes this berry variety. Every year, gardeners with a sweet tooth look forward to harvesting the delicious berries of Rubus fruticosus 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen'. They are suitable for direct consumption or for processing into cakes, desserts, juices and much more. The sight of the large oval fruits makes your mouth water. With their shiny black skin, they gleam on the bush and whet the appetite. The unique blackberry aroma delights the palate and is complemented by a harmonious sweetness. Even during the harvest, thoughts turn to the delicious desserts that can be conjured up with these tasty berries.

Growing tips

In addition to the attractive fruit, the plant's beautiful foliage is also very attractive. Gardeners often use this fruit tree as an ornamental element in the home garden because of its foliage. The leaves of this variety are slit and are surprisingly similar to those of ferns. The blackberry 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen' flowers late and is therefore less susceptible to late frosts. The flowers form on last year's canes, on long fruiting shoots. The fruits can be harvested from the end of August to mid-October and the yield is high. The free-growing fruit clusters make the variety easy to pick if the fruiting canes are tied to a supporting framework. The gardener cuts the harvested shoots of Rubus fruticosus 'Oregon Thornless' / 'Thornless Evergreen' close to the ground. This encourages the formation of young shoots for the following year. As the blackberries bear on biennial shoots, it is advisable to tie them to a trellis, for example. Horizontal shoots produce more flowers and fruit. The gardener can either allow this year's shoots to grow in between or tie the fruiting shoots to one side and the young shoots to the other.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

Medium

Plant distance

200 cm

Row spacing

200 cm

Seeding depth

0Not specified