Grow your own delicious berries with the Ouachita Thornless Blackberry Plant, a productive and easy-to-grow variety known for its sweet, juicy fruit and thornless canes. Ideal for home gardens, edible landscapes, berry patches, and homesteads, this blackberry plant produces flavorful blackberries perfect for fresh eating, jams, desserts, and preserving. Plants vary seasonally from approximately 6 inches to 3 feet tall and arrive healthy and ready to establish in your garden.

• 1 live Ouachita Thornless Blackberry plant
• Size: 1 Gallon plant
• Thornless blackberry variety
• Healthy, rooted plant
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Ouachita Thornless Blackberry
• Botanical Name: Rubus 'Ouachita'
• Plant Type: Deciduous fruiting shrub
• Growth Stage: Established young plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun (6–8+ hours daily)
• Soil: Fertile, well-draining soil rich in organic matter
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist during establishment
• Mature Height: 4–6 feet
• Growth Rate: Fast
• USDA Zones: 5–9
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Plant in full sun for maximum fruit production and sweetest berries. Provide a trellis or support system to keep canes organized and improve air circulation. Prune old fruiting canes after harvest to encourage vigorous new growth.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.