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PLAN YOUR SPRING 2027 PLANTING

Order your trees and shrubs now for spring 2027. All new orders will be delivered or available for pickup at that time.

Nursery pickup is by appointment only.

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Blackberry 'Illini Hardy' RUBUS

Regular price $15.50

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60 in stock

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The Illiny Hardy blackberry is a winter-hardy variety of thorny blackberry. This fruit shrub is vigorous and its hardiness is -23 degrees Celsius. The fruits are ripe at the end of July. This blackberry produces an excellent harvest of black, shiny, tasty, medium-sized fruits. Plants are thorny, 5-6 feet tall and easy to care for in tight spaces. Phytophthora resistant. The plant must have a place to support its climbing branches.

Hardiness zone: 3

Harvest: end of July

Planting distance between plants (pollination): 30 cm

Description of the fruit: dark, tasty medium-sized fruit

You must provide a structure to support the climbing branches. Keep branches 2 years old when pruning.

Hardiness Zones

  • 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a

Mature height

5to6 feet

Harvest month

  • Mid-July
  • August

Light

  • Full-sun
  • Half-shade

NEW ORDERS: SPRING 2027 • All new orders will be delivered or available for pickup in spring 2027. Trees 7 feet and taller are available for nursery pickup only. Pickup by appointment.

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