"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Answer: In order to prune correctly, it is helpful to understand the botany and habit of growth of caneberries in the Rubus genus, of which blackberries are members. The crown of the blackberry is ...

Answer: Most blackberries produce fruit on two-year-old wood, so judicious pruning allows for you to enjoy a berry harvest. There are erect types, semi-trailing and trailing types of blackberries and ...

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been picking and eating what are arguably the best fruits I have ever tasted (a belief I often hold when a particular fruit is ripe). They are blackberries, but not ...