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Loch Ness Blackberry Plants

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Award winning variety with the most excellent flavour

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The Highlights

Compact and heavy cropping, this is an ideal soft fruit for smaller spaces
Loch Ness is an RHS Award winning Blackberry, prized for its performance and outstanding taste
Juicy, mid sized berries carry a rich, deep flavour with a pleasant sharpness and a sweet aftertaste.
You can expect up to 3.5kg of fruit each year!
Loch Ness forms a dense, compact Blackberry bush with masses of large, plump berries and no thorns! Perfect for soft fruit growing in a confined space.
Performs well in a sunny spot or with partial shade.
Harvest from late August through to October.

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Supplied as:

3L Pot

Height on arrival:

20-30cm

Eventual height:

0.8m

Eventual spread:

0.8m

Tasting notes:

Exceptionally rich, sharp and sweet all in one mouthful.

Time to first crop:

2nd Year

Blackberries fruit on one year old wood. Once fruited, prune back to encourage new growth for the following year.

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy

Doesn't require any protection from frost

Self fertile:

Self Fertile

Uses:

Eating fresh, crumbles, jams

Rootstock:

Spacing:

40-60cm

Care Guide

Excellent

Has been bred for excellent disease resistance. Your biggest problem, as with most soft fruit, is that they are so delicious that local wildlife will want to eat them too. Grow in a polytunnel, or use a fruit net to keep birds off.MORE

Keep well watered

Water in thoroughly when planting. Raspberries prefer moist soils so make sure that they are well watered throughout summer, especially during drier periods. 1/2 time a week increasing to every other day when hot/ dry.MORE

Full sun or partial shade

Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring/summer.MORE

Prefers fertile, well draining soil.

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

No need to feed

Don't worry, this isn't a hungry plant so your food bills won't be going up!MORE

Requires pruning in autumn/ winter

Blackberries fruit on 2 year old wood, so last years growth. To ensure good crops, make sure that you preserve the new shoots each year and then prune away the canes which have fruited that summer. You're aiming to achieve a balance of new growth and fruiting wood for each year.MORE