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Boysenberry Bush | Rubus

The hybrid berry that's the best of three

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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Boysenberry Bush | Rubus Soft Fruit
Boysenberry Bush | Rubus Soft Fruit

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The highlights

  • Part raspberry, part blackberry, part loganberry - attractive and delicious!
  • Summer fruiting - harvest from May to July
  • Perfect for eating fresh, cooking, juices or jams
  • Thornless canes for easy picking

Description

  • This delicious hybrid berry combines the juicy intensity of a blackberry, the sweet, floral character of a raspberry and the tartness of a loganberry
  • Late summer fruiting, produces a crop in its first year
  • Grow in a sunny border and train horizontally
  • Creamy white blossom attracts pollinators to your garden
  • A great all rounder perfect for eating, baking, smoothies, juices and jams

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted plant
30-60cm Plant in 3L Pot
3L Pots

Height on arrival:

30-60cm inc. pot
30-60cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

1.5-2.5cm

Eventual spread:

2.5-4m
Spreads approx 2.5-4m
2.5-4m
Spreads approx 2.5-4m

Tasting notes:

Sweet, juicy, acidic
The juicy intensity of a blackberry, the sweet, floral character of a raspberry and the tartness of a loganberry.
Sweet, juicy, acidic
The juicy intensity of a blackberry, the sweet, floral character of a raspberry and the tartness of a loganberry.

Time to first crop:

First year
Will fruit in its first year

Flower colour:

White
Creamy white blossom in spring
White
Creamy white blossom in spring

Habit:

Clump forming, suckering
Clumps of stems, spreading by suckers
Clump forming, suckering
Clumps of stems, spreading by suckers

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
Fully hardy
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)

Self fertile:

Self fertile
Produces good crops without a pollination partner so you only need one plant
Self fertile
Produces good crops without a pollination partner so you only need one plant

Uses:

Eat fresh, cook or make jam
Eat fresh, cook or make jam

Rootstock:

Spacing:

50cm
Plant at least 50cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

Has been bred for excellent disease resistance. The biggest problem, as with most soft fruit, is that they are so delicious that local wildlife will want to eat them too! Use a fruit net to keep birds off, and pick regularly.

Water regularly

Water in thoroughly when planting. Raspberries prefer moist soils so make sure that they are well watered throughout summer, especially during drier periods - once or twice a week increasing to every other day in dry weather.

Full sun

Plant where the berries will receive around 6-8 hours of sunlight daily.

Prefers fertile, well draining soil.

Loam or sandy soil is perfect. You should also consider digging in some organic matter (manure or compost) when planting to improve the soil

No feeding required

This plant gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil

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