Description

A very hardy and vigorous bramble.  Once established will aggressively fill out a space and in volume can be a very heavy fruit producer.  Let the patch fill in and by year 3,  You will need to put on some thick clothes, and go and harvest tens of pounds of Black berries.

With this Blackberry I recommend a plant and forget approach.  It makes a wonderful hedgerow or Border as they contain thorns and will become very thick, Deer will avoid walking through.   It can be kept in place by mowing or pulling suckers as they form outside of the preferred location.   Unlike other brambles where to get a strong and consistent harvest you need to provide a fair amount of work every year,  this native blackberry can be left unmanaged.

Native northeastern blackberries, belonging to the genus Rubus, are perennial plants typically found in the temperate regions of the northeastern United States. They exhibit a biennial growth habit, with canes (stems) that grow vegetatively in the first year and produce flowers and fruits in the second year. These canes are often arching or trailing and can be heavily armed with thorns. The leaves are compound, typically trifoliate or palmately divided, with serrated edges.

Blackberries produce aggregate fruits composed of numerous small drupelets, each containing a single seed. The fruit develops from a flower with multiple ovaries, resulting in a clustered berry. The flowers are usually white or pale pink, five-petaled, and form in clusters. Native northeastern blackberries thrive in well-drained soils, full sun to partial shade.

Extremely cold  hardy to  Zone 3
Can thrive in most soil types including heavy clay soils if PH is acidic PH 5.0-6.5