Thornless tayberry (Rubus fruticosus x ideaus 'Buckingham Thornless') - 2 liter pot

The tayberry is one of our absolute favorites! This thornless cross between a raspberry and a blackberry produces large, conical fruits that range in color from deep red to purple-red. The shrub grows vigorously to about 2 meters tall and blooms with white flowers in spring. From June to August, a bountiful harvest of juicy berries with a deliciously sweet, refreshing, and aromatic flavor follows.

For best results, tie the branches to a structure with wire or a trellis. This will keep the long shoots neat and easy to harvest. Grows best in fertile, well-drained soil in a sunny location.

Key Features

• Harvest: June-August
• Taste: sweet-fresh
• Thorns: no
• Location: sun to partial shade
• Planting distance: 100-150 cm
  
• Cultivation method: support with wire/fencing
• Height on delivery: 30-40 cm (without pot)

Tips and care:

• Planting: Plant the shrubs from September to March. If you plant later in the season, keep in mind that you'll need to provide extra water in warm weather, as the roots aren't yet well established.
• Support: The tayberry needs support to grow well. This can be achieved with a fence, but a row of posts with wire stretched between them also works well. Ruud & Merel grow their tayberry in their row-cropping system. In this blog post, they show you step by step how they set it up.
• Pruning : The tayberry should be pruned in the fall. Remove the old fruiting stems, which are the branches that bore fruit in the previous season. These branches will not produce new fruit and are best removed.
• Open ground or pots: you can grow all soft fruit in pots; the larger the pot, the better they will do. They will always grow better and produce more fruit in the open ground. In the open ground, this variety does require support in the form of a fence, trellis, or wire tied to posts.