Boysenberry Bush | Rubus

The best of three berries

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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The highlights

  • Punchy, bold and intensely juicy
  • Thornless canes for easy picking
  • Bake a boysenberry, lemon and almond loaf
  • Summer fruiting - harvest from May to July

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

Height on arrival

30-60cm inc. pot

Eventual height

1.5-2.5cm

Eventual spread

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.

Time to first crop

First year
Will fruit in its first year

Flower colour

White
Creamy white blossom in spring

Habit

Clump forming, suckering
Clumps of stems, spreading by suckers

Hardiness

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

Uses

Eat fresh, cook or make jam

Spacing

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

How to grow

Excellent pest and disease resistance

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 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

Full sun

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

Prefers fertile, well draining soil.

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

No feeding required

This plant gets all the nutrients it needs from the soil

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

South Downs National Park

Meet Danielle

110 years' expertise free with every plant

You simply can’t buy better fruit plants and here’s why. Danielle grows them outdoors, just like our nursery has done since 1908, so they’re more than a match for the UK weather. Danielle only has time for the top performing varieties, meaning that you can be assured of a successful (and blooming tasty) soft fruit crop.

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