Growing your own fruit and veg has got to be one of the most rewarding things that a gardener can do, and it's a great way to introduce kids to gardening. Fortunately, long-gone are the days when you scrambled through thorny brambles to get your berries - thanks to dedicated growers we can bring you this fabulous THORNLESS variety. The Oregon Thornless blackberry is self-fertile and one of the best varieties that you can grow and is a really versatile plant, producing heavy crops of juicy, glossy black fruits from late summer and adding an ornamental touch for the rest of the year. Fully winter-hardy and semi-evergreen in milder winters, its leaves are attractively shaped and have good autumn colour, making them invaluable for year-round interest in the kitchen garden. Organically grown, these fruit bushes are packed with healthy anthocyanins and rich in Vitamin C, so are a very popular addition to the garden! Really easy to grow so are perfect for beginner gardeners or those of us who are strapped for time, blackberries can be grown in containers too, so you don't even need a garden to enjoy them. Perfect for making puddings, jams, even wine, blackberries are a very versatile soft fruit bush, that really works hard for you. Can easily be trained to supports and makes a unique feature when grown up the side of a shed, trellis or fence. - it can even make a fascinating addition to an arch in spring when it is covered in pink-flushed, white blossom. Supplied as an established plant in a 12cm pot, ready for planting out, canes can reach 2.5m x 2.5m and will produce their crop of berries in late August - September.
A unique variety of Blackberry - bred with the home gardener in mind and producing abundant, juicy crops of berries. Fruiting from July onwards, you'll be picking large crops of sweet, tasty fruits all summer long and the beautiful blossom that precedes the blooms are perfect for adding spring interest to the garden - and are an absolute magnet for bees and butterflies! Ouachita, (pronounced wha-shi-tah) is a new introduction, easy-to-harvest, with plump, glossy berries. These upright, nearly thornless canes bear high yields of medium-size fruit. A summer-bearing floricane, it has good heat-tolerance and berries ripen in July.
Growing your own fruit and veg has got to be one of the most rewarding things that a gardener can do, and it's a great way to introduce kids to gardening. Fortunately, long-gone are the days when you scrambled through thorny brambles to get your berries - thanks to dedicated growers we can bring you this fabulous THORNLESS variety. The new Coolaris summer blackberry has it all - upright growth, thornless stems and large, juicy berries which mature in midsummer when blackberries definitely taste their best! A versatile blackberry with a good crop of juicy, glossy black fruits from early July, this fruit bush is packed with healthy anthocyanins and rich in Vitamin C, so are a very popular addition to the kitchen garden. Perfect for making puddings, jams, even wine, blackberries are a very versatile soft fruit bush, that really works hard for you. Really easy to grow so are perfect for beginner gardeners or those of us who are strapped for time, blackberries can be grown in containers too, so you don't even need a garden to enjoy them. Not a vigorous variety, Coolaris Early has medium strong very upright growth which means that it can easily be trained to supports and makes a unique feature when grown up the side of a shed, trellis or fence - it can even make a fascinating addition to an arch in spring when it is covered in pink-flushed, white blossom. Fully winter-hardy and semi-evergreen in milder winters, its leaves are attractively shaped and have good autumn colour, making them invaluable for year-round interest in the kitchen garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out, canes can reach 2.5m x 2.5m and will produce their crop of berries from early July to August.
Raspberry 'Glen Lyon' is one of the earliest raspberries to fruit, starting in mid-July and running into August. It is from the famous Scottish breeding program, so is a good British bred variety that performs well in British weather! It is a Floricane variety, so you will get fruit in the second season after planting, as Floricane raspberries produce fruit on old wood. It produces good yields in garden situations, and requires little care or attention, and the fruit have a good balance of flavour. ideal for using fresh, or cooking with.
'All Gold' was a chance find amongst a crop of the red variety 'Autumn Bliss', so has inherited many of it's excellent traits, but with a superb golden yellow colour, and a seemingly even more intense flavour too! 'All Gold' is a Primocane variety, so it produces fruits on it's new season stems, in September and October. This saves a whole year of growing time in the garden compared to old-fashioned varieties, and means they are more compact and suitable for pot and patio growing, reaching 4-5ft (1.2-1.5M) on sturdy stems. Because they fruit on same year's growth, they are exceptionally easy to maintain - simply cut all shoots back to ground level when dormant in February.
'Autumn Bliss' has proven itself as a popular and successful gardener's variety for a number of years, with good disease resistance and long cropping period. 'Autumn Bliss is a Primocane variety, so it produces fruits on its new season stems, from August to first frosts of late October. This saves a whole year of growing time in the garden compared to old-fashioned varieties, and means they are more compact and suitable for pot and patio growing, reaching 4ft (1.2M), on sturdy stems, requiring little support Because they fruit on same year's growth, they are exceptionally easy to maintain - simply cut all shoots back to ground level when dormant in February.
Finally, here is a black raspberry that's really worth a place in your garden and the fruits are just incredible! You'll get a midsummer crop of ebony-coloured fruits with an intense flavour that is much more aromatic than regular raspberries and tests have shown that they are particularly high in health giving antioxidants. They are delicious eaten fresh and make a wonderful addition to juices and smoothies. Originally from the US, Black Jewel is tough, and hardy so ideally suited to British conditions and very easy to grow. It's genetically different to normal raspberries and has excellent disease resistance, the habit is just like a summer fruiting type with berries borne on year old growth. Old canes should be pruned away after fruiting (in late summer). Grow with supports against a sunny wall or fence or alternatively in a large pot. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to plant out.
This close relative of the raspberry is really something special and is perfectly suited to UK gardens as it loves moist soils and will easily withstand the coldest winter weather. You'll get masses of fruit which ripen in July and August and have a rich raspberry taste which is enhance with a sherberty zing! They are delicious eaten fresh and make a great addition to summer puddings. This is an ideal plant to train against a wall or fence where it will quickly establish giving coils of attractive stems with pink hairs and bold lime green leaves. Treat as you would a summer raspberry, pruning out old fruiting stems to make room for new ones to grow for the following years crop.
New to us for 2019, this completely thornless and vigorous golden autumn raspberry has been bred in the UK by the world-famous East Malling Research facility. Primocane raspberries are the big gardeners' breakthrough - they produce fruit on NEW stems, so you get fruit in the same year as you plant them, rather than wait a year for old-fashioned types. In addition, you can increase cropping by tip pruning existing canes which then develop side shoots for a truly phenomenal harvest of raspberries. Easy to grow, upright and robust, the canes are completely thornless and can be grown in a large container using bamboo for support so you don't even need a garden, and they're fully hardy and easy to keep as well, just cut back old, fruited canes to the ground in spring. The very large, firm, conical fruit have a beautiful, apricot colour and a fabulous, gourmet flavour which develops as the berries ripen, so wait until the fruits turn from yellow to apricot before picking. Supplied as an established plant in a 12cm pot ready for immediate planting, plants reach approx. 2m tall and 60cm wide and you can expect your first fruits from the middle of August through September.
Glen Ample is a great garden variety, not too vigorous, yet fruiting early to mid-season in July and August, and producing large, bright-red sweet fruits. You will get around a pound of fruit or more per cane for 4-5 years. A favourite of professional growers, the raspberries hold their shape well and stay on the cane longer, so extending your picking period. Glen Ample will fruit on the full length of the virtually spine-free canes and if space is at a premium, grow them in large pots in a wig-wam form it will look great and also produce massive amounts or fruit in the minimum of space! Otherwise plant in rows about 60cm (2ft) apart, using supporting wires for easier fruit picking. Supplied as an esstablished plant in a 2L pot, ready for planting.
Tulameen is a great garden variety, not too vigorous, yet fruiting late in the summer season in July and August producing incredible bright red sweet fruits. You will get around a pound of fruit or more per cane for 4-5 years. Tulameen will fruit on the full length of the virtually spine-free canes you receive so do not prune them down when you plant them!Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Raspberry 'Tulameen' is also recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' and is a favourite with butterflies and bees. If space is at a premium, grow them in large pots in a wig-wam form it will look great and produce massive amounts or fruit in the minimum of space! Otherwise, plant in rows about 60cm (2ft) apart, using supporting wires for easier fruit picking. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to plant out.
After years of dedicated breeding we are thrilled to bring you this new variety. The fastest of all raspberries, this unique berry is compact and ideal for growing in pots. The medium-sized fruits are produced from July and have a sumptuous, dark red colour. Although 'Summer Lovers Patio Red' is classed as an autumn-fruiting raspberry, once established it will start to bear fruit in the summer from the middle of July - 3 weeks before 'Autumn Bliss'. In addition, and as a contrast to the classic summer raspberries, this one is a primocane variety bearing fruit on new wood therefore meaning you'll get fruit in the very first year - no need to wait a year for crops! Easy to maintain, it requires just a little prune to simply remove old canes once they are older than 18 months and that's it. A breakthrough in raspberry breeding, 'Summer Lovers Patio Red' beats other established varieties in fruiting time, exceeding the current August crop of the earliest autumn berries. In fact, this variety has more or less made the term 'autumn fruiting' obsolete as it matures in the middle of summer! Easy to grow and look after, this raspberry can be grown and picked without problem in small spaces, in the garden, on a balcony or terrace, as they reach less than a metre. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, reaching H80cm x W50cm