Thornless Blackberry

Rubus species

Rosaceae (Rose)

All the blackberry yield without the thorns. Prune out the old canes after they fruit and you're set.

EdiblePerennialBeginner-friendlyWe sell it

Thornless Blackberry (Rubus species) illustration — Texas Roots plant database, by Jordan Polasek

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate

Soil

Well-drained

pH

5.5–6.5

Hardiness

Hardy cane

Height

3–5 ft

Spacing

3–4 ft

Days to harvest

2nd-year canes bear

What it is

Thornless Blackberry (Rubus species) is in the Rosaceae (Rose) family. All the blackberry yield without the thorns. Prune out the old canes after they fruit and you're set.

How to grow it

It wants full sun, water it moderate, and give it well-drained soil. Target a soil pH around 5.5–6.5. Space plants about 3–4 ft apart. Expect roughly 2nd-year canes bear. Hardy cane.

How it's used

Thornless Blackberry is used: fresh, jam, frozen.

🔎 How to identify it

Arching smooth (thornless) canes
White-backed compound leaves
White five-petal flowers

Edibility

PartsRipe fruit

UsesFresh, jam, frozen

CautionFruits on second-year canes — don't cut everything.

🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.

Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.