Natchez Thornless Blackberry |
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Rosaceae Rubus Natchez |
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Grows In | Zone 5B · -15° to -10° F through Zone 9A · 20° to 25° F Grows in Ashburn! (Learn More) |
Sun Exposure | Full / Mostly Sun |
Soil Drainage | Well Drained, Moderately Drained |
Resistent To | Drought, Insect, Disease, Mildew, Heat |
Flower Color | White |
Blooms | Spring Blooms, Summer Berries |
Foliage Color | Medium Green |
Average Height | 4' to 5' |
Average Width | 4' to 6', 6' to 8' |
Attracts | Visual Attention, Songbirds / Birds |
Natchez Blackberry is a fast growing fruit bearing plant that can be grown in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5B through 9A. It matures to an average height of 4 feet to 5 feet and an average width of 4 feet to 8 feet, depending on climate and other environmental factors. In the spring Natchez Blackberry produces white flowers. The foliage is medium green in color. It attracts visual attention and songbirds / birds and is resistant to drought, insects, diseases, mildew and heat.
Natchez Blackberry can be useful in the landscape in shrub borders, around decks, swimming pools, and other outdoor living areas or in small groupings and also in cottage gardens.
This is the fun part! There are lots of Blackberry varieties to choose from - each offering fruit with its own, truly unique attributes. Among these are: Size, Color, Flavor, Ripening Time, Required Chilling Hours, and more. Why not plant an assortment of Early-Mid-Late season varieties, and extend your blackberry harvest season? With just a little homework, you can select the perfect blackberry varieties for your garden - click the link below to use the Blackberry Variety Information Sheet to help make your selections.
A 2007, University of Arkansas release (US Plant Patent 8510), Natchez is the most recent addition to our line of thornless blackberry varieties from the Razorback state. It has been blessed with essentially all of the quality attributes we have come to associate with the Arkansas thornless blackberries. Specifically, Natchez is an early season producer of very large (8-9g), sweet berries, on semi-erect, thornless canes, and is really a great selection for overall quality. However, the most notable attribute that Natchez possesses is that its yield potential is actually double (yes - 2X) that of Arapaho, its sister variety. As a result (along with its more semi-erect growth habit), Natchez may very well benefit from being trellised (or given some type of support), especially as it begins to develop and ripen its heavy loads of fruit in the late spring and early summer. Natchez fruit is firm, and with its Soluble Sugar content (9.5-10%), it stores well and has very good post-harvest potential. Besides being sweet, Natchez also has a notably good flavor profile among the thornless blackberry varieties - making it an especially fantastic choice for fresh eating, and/or for use in all sorts of sweet goods and desserts.
Natchez is a sun-loving, self-pollinating floricane, and it has demonstrated truly excellent disease resistance overall (which was one of the main focal points in its development). With Natchez, you will get a cutting-edge blackberry that was bred with the mindset of bringing together all the best attributes of the previously released thornless blackberries into a single variety that does it all!
Natchez requires 400-500 chill hours to attain its maximum level of fruiting productivity (please see chart/map below).
Chilling Hours Required: 'Click' here to see the 'Chill Hours' required for this and other blackberry varieties >>
I received my blackberry plant in great condition. It's grown really big and is very healthy. I'm sure I'll enjoy the blackberries when it's time.