Off all of the many blackberry varieties we have tested over the past 25 years, Ebony has shown to be the most cold hardy(Zone 2-3). Ebony canes produce huge, hanging clusters of  large shiny black berries that are very juicy with a sweet-tart flavour. Berries mature over several weeks in late August. Ebony is a self-fertile blackberry with 6 ft  rigid, thorny canes that are easier to pick than the wild blackberry .. but still must be careful of the thorns!

If you are not in coldest climate zones but located in zone 4 or warmer, we suggest you try the new thorn-less varieties of blackberries...like Navajo and Perron, which have huge, sweet berries and no thorns! Also you might like try the very first ever-bearing blackberry variety( developed in USA) called Prim-ARC...which produces fruit on the new canes that grow up over the summer.....as well as canes that over-wintered from previous year. If you have a severe winter that kills overwintering canes then you can get la full fruit load from the new canes that shoot from protected roots under the soil...double insurance for berries!

EBONY.........package of 6 plants for $75