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I've been looking for this particular blackberry variety for a while. If anyone has insight as to where I might get my hands on it, please let me know.
 
In Canada or States? I purchased my start fairly inexpensively at Wellspring in Florida. It's was super tiny when I received it, but after spending last season in a container, it went in ground in September and has come back this Spring with vigor..... and the best part..... no thorns!
 
I need to get it here. Some of the US Nurseries do ship here but the ones I know of (Stark etc) seem to be out of stock. I hear it's a good variety

Edit: Looks like Stark doesn't any longer
 
TorontoJoe said:
I've been looking for this particular blackberry variety for a while. If anyone has insight as to where I might get my hands on it, please let me know.
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I'm not sure about shipping to Canada, but I've ordered some from 2 different places this spring.

I got a 5 pack of them from Burpee and I got 7 from Pense Berry Farm. Both come in bare root. On both batches from both places, I thought they died after I planted them because they went almost completely brown, but all 5 of the ones from Burpee have come back and are growing happily. Only 5 of the 7 that I got from Pense have come back, but I'm not convinced that the other 2 won't since I got the ones from Pense later and that batch has just started coming back to life.


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Ben said:
I'm not sure about shipping to Canada, but I've ordered some from 2 different places this spring.

I got a 5 pack of them from Burpee and I got 7 from Pense Berry Farm. Both come in bare root. On both batches from both places, I thought they died after I planted them because they went almost completely brown, but all 5 of the ones from Burpee have come back and are growing happily. Only 5 of the 7 that I got from Pense have come back, but I'm not convinced that the other 2 won't since I got the ones from Pense later and that batch has just started coming back to life.


penseberryfarm.com

Prime Ark Freedom Blackberry Thornless Plants for Sale | Best Prime Ark Freedom Blackberry

Shop Prime Ark Freedom Blackberries, celebrated for their juicy berries and easy care. Ideal for fresh eating or desserts! Shop now to enhance your garden!
penseberryfarm.com penseberryfarm.com
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Burpee is sold a lot here. I'll look. Thanks for the tip
 
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bushdoctor82 said:
Tissue Cultured Plugs from Ontario.

www.whiffletreefarmandnursery.ca

Thornless Blackberry : PRIME ARK FREEDOM tissue culture plugs - Whiffletree Farm & Nursery

The world’s first thornless primocane-fruiting blackberry! Prime Ark® Freedom is a new introduction from the University of Arkansas. Freedom’s huge
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I don't know this place. And its the thornless version too... Do you think a TC berry would grow in a similar way to TC figs? I've never been a fan of TC figs
 
TorontoJoe said:
Well, maybe one way to find out. Strange site though. There's no 'add to cart' or obvious way to buy it.
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Just checked out the site and they’re sold out.

Another site I visited only ships bare root until April 1 and all sold out of 1 and 3 gallon potted plants.
 
FruitBrute said:
In Canada or States? I purchased my start fairly inexpensively at Wellspring in Florida. It's was super tiny when I received it, but after spending last season in a container, it went in ground in September and has come back this Spring with vigor..... and the best part..... no thorns!
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Wellsprings sells Tissue Culture fig trees so it’s most likely they sell tissue culture black berries plants.
 
TorontoJoe said:
I don't know this place. And its the thornless version too... Do you think a TC berry would grow in a similar way to TC figs? I've never been a fan of TC figs
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My blackberry plant from Wellspring looks normal and already has blooms starting to form, but am not sure if it was TC or cutting propagated. It appears to be acting normal. Will find out shortly if and when it sets berries.
 
Found these post on Reddit that might give you some ideas. Also few people on Etsy have it but not sure if they ship to Canada. Here’s a screenshot of the Reddit posts.

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Ben said:
Google says you can propagate them from cuttings. If you strike out this year, I'm assuming that I'll have some tall enough canes after this season that I can send you some cuttings this fall/winter/spring. Let me know.
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Yeah they propagate so easy from cuttings. If you don’t trellis them, the canes will eventually hunch over and touch the soil themselves and create runners just like how strawberries do. Feed them some berry tone early and late in the season and they’ll take off! Mine grew about 7-8ft tall in a single summer from this size, had to do a Florida Weave trellis to keep the fruit from weighing the branches down
 
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