513.354.1482Heaven Can Wait™ Thornless Blackberry
The highest in antioxidants
Heaven Can Wait™ Thornless Blackberry
The highest in antioxidants
These delicious, sun-ripened berries taste like heaven! Starting in mid June, you'll enjoy an extended and easy harvest of tasty fruit with a beautiful, shiny blue-black color. Its thornless, self-supporting canes maintain a manageable habit as they grow to a height of 4'. Enjoy right off the cane or incorporate into your favorite desserts for a guilt-free treat. Blackberries are full of antioxidants that, among other health benefits, help prevent wrinkles. Heaven Can Wait™ will grow best in well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic loam soil with moderate water-holding capacity. Make sure it gets plenty of full sunlight. Blackberries have a natural predator in birds, so try our Bird Netting to keep your crop safe! Zones 5-8. PPAF
AE AK FL GU HI MA PR SC
- Botanical Name: Rubus fruticosus 'A 1960' PPAF
- Season: Spring
- Sun/Shade: Full sun.
- Height: Erect, 4 feet.
- Spacing: Space 4 to 6 feet apart in the row. Leave 8 to 10 feet between rows.
- Zone: 5 - 8
- Spread: 3 - 5 feet.
- Foliage: Deep green foliage.
- Depth: Same as nursery. Plant so the roots are below soil level.
- Blooms: May-June
- Days to Maturity: First season.
- Yield: Approximately 4 - 6 quarts- heavy yields, only slightly less than Apache.
- Fruit: 5 - 6 grams (medium size) black, glossy fruit.
- Soil Preference: Blackberry plants grow best in a well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic, loam soil with moderate water-holding capacity.
- Growth Rate: Medium growth rate.
- Pruning: How you should prune erect and trailing blackberries varies slightly. All cultivars require very little pruning or training during the planting year. Differences in pruning and training between erect and trailing blackberries: Top the primo canes of erect cultivars during the Summer. Don't top trailing cultivars during the growing season. Shorten the laterals of erect cultivars.
- Form: Upright, erect, self-supporting canes.
- Flowers: White single blooms
- Pollinator: Self-pollinating.
- Restricted States: AE AK FL GU HI MA PR SC
Orders for in-stock seeds and hardgoods are typically shipped within 5 business days.
Plants will be shipped at the proper planting time for your area of the country during the shipping timeframes outlined below:
| Spring 2018 Shipping Schedule | ||||||||
| Zones | Sweet Potatoes | Bareroot Roses | Tomatoes & Peppers | Potatoes | Tender Annuals | Onion Plants | All other Perennials & Potted Plants | |
| 1A-4A | 5/22 - 6/8 | 4/17 - 6/1 | 5/14 - 6/1 | 3/27 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 4/10 - 5/11 | 5/1 - 6/8 | |
| 4B | 5/22 - 6/8 | 4/17 - 6/1 | 5/14 - 6/1 | 3/27 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 4/3 - 5/11 | 5/1 - 6/8 | |
| 5A | 5/15 - 6/8 | 4/3 - 6/1 | 5/14 - 6/1 | 3/6 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 3/27 - 5/11 | 4/3 - 6/8 | |
| 5B | 5/1 - 6/8 | 3/20 - 6/1 | 5/14 - 6/1 | 3/6 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 3/27 - 5/11 | 3/20 - 6/8 | |
| 6A | 5/1 - 6/8 | 3/6 - 6/1 | 4/23 - 6/1 | 3/6 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 3/6 - 5/11 | 3/6 - 6/8 | |
| 6B | 5/1 - 6/8 | 3/6 - 6/1 | 4/23 - 6/1 | 3/6 - 6/15 | 4/30 - 6/8 | 2/27 - 5/11 | 3/6 - 6/8 | |
| 7A | 5/1 - 6/8 | 2/27 - 6/1 | 4/23 - 6/1 | 2/27 - 6/15 | 4/2 - 6/8 | 2/20 - 5/11 | 2/27 - 6/8 | |
| 7B | 5/1 - 6/8 | 2/27 - 6/1 | 4/2 - 6/1 | 2/27 - 6/15 | 4/2 - 6/8 | 2/13 - 5/11 | 2/27 - 6/8 | |
| 8A & B | 4/24 - 6/8 | 2/20 - 6/1 | 4/2 - 6/1 | 2/20 - 6/15 | 4/2 - 6/8 | 1/30 - 5/11 | 2/20 - 5/18 | |
| 9A & B | 4/24 - 6/8 | 1/23 - 6/1 | 4/2 - 6/1 | 2/13 - 6/15 | 4/2 - 6/8 | 1/2 - 5/11 | 2/13 - 5/18 | |
| 10A & B | 4/17 - 6/8 | 1/23 - 6/1 | 4/2 - 6/1 | 2/13 - 6/15 | 4/2 - 6/8 | 1/2 - 5/11 | 2/13 - 5/18 | |
| Last Order Date | 6/4/2018 | 5/28/2018 | 5/28/2018 | 6/11/2018 | 6/4/2018 | 5/7/2018 | 1A-7B: 6/4/2018 8A-10B: 5/14/2018 |
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| Spring 2018 Insects Shipping Schedule | ||
| Zones | Lacewings, Lady Beetles & Encapsulated Earthworms | Nematodes |
| 1A | 5/12 - 6/15 | 5/15 - 6/15 |
| 1B - 2A | 5/15 - 6/15 | 5/15 - 6/15 |
| 2B - 3B | 5/1 - 6/15 | 5/1 - 6/15 |
| 4A - 6A | 4/17 - 6/15 | 4/17 - 6/15 |
| 6B - 7A | 4/10 - 6/15 | 4/10 - 6/15 |
| 7B - 8B | 3/13 - 6/15 | 3/13 - 6/15 |
| 9A - 10B | 2/27 - 6/15 | 2/27 - 6/15 |
| Last Order Date | 6/11/18 | 6/11/18 |
The type of product you order or the weather in our area or yours may affect the anticipated shipping schedule.
Trees and shrubs are kept in the nursery row until fully dormant for optimum stress protection.
In all cases, we choose the fastest, most efficient way to send your order—via the U.S. Postal Service or United Parcel Service. Large orders may be shipped in more than one package.
Please note that we cannot ship outside of the continental United States.
