Chester Thornless Blackberry
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 3 feet |
|---|---|
| Spread | 10 feet |
The most winter hardy of the thornless varieties with large, sweet, high quality berries with good flavor; blackberries are quite shrubby looking and require careful placement in the landscape, a specific pruning regimen and protection from birds
Additional Information
| Evergreen Deciduous | Deciduous |
|---|---|
| Detail | Tomentose |
| Shape | Oval |
| Type | compound |
| Summer Colour | green |
| Texture | spiny |
|---|---|
| Stem Colour | Brown |
| Component | Berries |
|---|---|
| Harvest Period | In mid summer |
| Modifier | Clusters |
| Shape | Heart |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Juicy |
| Use | Baking, Canning, Cooking, Freezing, Preserves, Raw |
| Ornamental Integration | Caution |
| Colour | black |
|---|---|
| Type | Berry |
| Ornamental Period | in mid summer |
| Ornamental Value | High |
| Pollinator | Self |
| Hardiness Zone | 3b |
|---|---|
| Sunlight | full sun |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Plant Form | spreading |
| Plant Origin | hybrid |
| Wildlife Attraction | birds |
| Landscape Application | Massing, Naturalizing, Orchard |
| Maintenance | high |
| Pollution Tolerance | medium |
| Growth Rate | fast |
| Branching | multi-stemmed |
| Canopy | leggy |
| Density | open |
| Cultivar | Chester |
| Family | Blackberry |
| Genus | Rubus |
| Group | Floricane - Summer Bearing |
| Other Species Names | Thornless Blackberry |
| Lifespan | 10 |
| Pruning | remove dead canes |
| Propagation | division |
| Texture | medium coarse |
