Wild blackberries can be collected without any gardening effort during summer walks in forest clearings and on embankments. When planting blackberries in the garden nowadays, however, there are also a number of cultivars to choose from.

Wild blackberries and their dangers in the garden

Wild blackberries can also be settled relatively easily in your own garden through offshoots. However, you should be aware of the danger this type of blackberry can pose to your garden idyll. Wild blackberries multiply relatively strongly in a suitable location without any action. Once the blackberry roots have spread into the soil, they are not so easy to get rid of. The decision to settle wild blackberry plants on a fallow area or on an embankment should be considered carefully, as this involves a certain amount of maintenance in the garden for regular pruning.

Blackberry cultivars

There are also certain differences among the cultivated varieties of blackberries with their much larger fruits than their wild relatives. There are also blackberries with red fruits, as well as the so-called Taybeere as a reddish fruiting hybrid of raspberry and blackberry. While some cultivars of the blackberry defend their fruits with sharp thorns, there are now also tasty varieties without thorns. For the planting of blackberries, however, it is particularly important whether it is an upright growing variety or a blackberry variety that forms long tendrils. The latter can usually only be brought into shape in a controlled manner with a special trellis.

Good varieties for growing in the garden

In the meantime, the specialist trade has a whole range of blackberry varieties available, the fruits of which are not only large and well-formed, but can also inspire with their taste. The most common varieties include:

  • Theodor Reimers
  • Navaho
  • Black satin

    • Loch Ness

The blackberry jumbo produces particularly impressive fruit sizes. A very rich yield of large fruits can also be achieved with the modern cultivar Lubera Kiowa.

tips and tricks

With the exception of Theodor Reimer's first thornless variety, thornless blackberry varieties now deliver taste results that can compete with wild blackberries. They also make harvesting much easier compared to the annoying injuries associated with harvesting wild blackberries.

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