Blackberries (Rubus spp.) — dark purple, sweet-tart fruits high in vitamins and disease-fighting compounds -- are protected by thorny canes that twist into impenetrable brambles when left unattended.

The Southern Living DownHome Harvest® Collection of fruit and berries makes it easier than ever to grow delicious fruit in your own backyard. With an upright growth habit, DownHome Harvest® 'Navaho' ...

From tea made of its leaves to cobblers made from its ripe berries, blackberry plants are some of the most resilient and ever-present plants in the Pacific Northwest. Aside from species endemic to the ...

Blackberry plants are perennial plants with biennial canes, or stems, that live for two years. The stems are known as primocanes in the first year and floricanes in the second year. Most blackberries ...

Discover how a blackberry seed was germinated and growing into a young blackberry tree in this time-lapse. Few seeds were extracted from a fresh blackberry. They were then wrapped in a moist paper ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The anticipated arboreal color show has mostly passed. Reds that prevailed in much of September were the first to wane. Bright-red maples (orange for sugar maples), dogwoods, cherries, sumac, red oaks ...

Blackberries. The people of Eugene seem to be divided on the subject. Some love strolling through back alleys and parks during the summer picking ripe fruit off their bushes. Others loathe the sight ...

SEATTLE — It's a problematic plant in the Pacific Northwest, but Ciscoe Morris has a suggestion for controlling blackberries – plant one in a container. “This isn't just any blackberry. It's called ...