dt-brown Blackberry Loch Katrine Plant

Blackberry Loch Katrine Plant

Botanical Name: Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Katrine'
  • First UK-bred sweet blackberry with exceptional flavour
  • Large, high-yielding berries for weeks of harvest
  • Thornless canes make picking and pruning easy
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Blackcurrant Loch Katrine is a reliable, productive variety producing generous crops of richly flavoured blackcurrants. The dark, juicy berries are ideal for making jams, jellies, desserts and drinks or freezing for later use, making this an excellent choice for a productive kitchen garden. Easy to grow in a sunny or lightly shaded position, established plants will provide rewarding harvests year after year.

Key information

Botanical Name: Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Katrine'
Genus: Blackberry
Plant Class: Deciduous, Hardy Perennial

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: 200cm/79in
Colour: Black
Habitat: Semi-erect
Position: Full Sun
Plant in fertile, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil in full sun and train the semi-erect, thornless canes onto wires. Loch Katrine fruits on the previous year's growth. After harvest, remove fruited canes at ground level and tie in new canes for the following year.

Recommended growing locations.

Borders
Fruit Garden
Sow Indoors
Sow Outside
Flowers / Harvest

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