513.354.1482The healthiest blackberry!
Heaven Can Wait™ Thornless Blackberry
The healthiest blackberry!
- Tested highest for antioxidants in our labs
- Tested among the highest for anthocyanins & phenols
- Thornless, self-supporting canes
- Yields an extended harvest
- Delicious, blue-black berries
Touted as the healthiest blackberry you can grow! Lab tests show it has the highest ability to squash free radicals, contains the maximum amount of total phenols and the second highest amount of anthocyanins--phytochemicals that protect against carcinogens and help prevent disease. Yields an extended harvest and pretty berries with excellent, sweet flavor. Thornless, self-supporting canes grow to a height of 4'. PPAF
- Botanical Name: Rubus fruticosus 'A 1960' PPAF
- Season: Spring
- Sun/Shade: Full Sun
- Height: 4 - 5 Feet
- Spacing: 4 - 5'
- Zone: 5-8
- Spread: 4 - 5'
- 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: Moderate to fast.
- Pruning: Trim canes to approximately 3 1/2 - 4'. Remove any broken and unwanted canes. Late winter or early spring, when plants are still dormant.
- Form: Upright, erect, self-supporting canes.
- Flowers: Open single, rose-like, 5-10 to a cluster and 1-2 clusters per cane.
- Pollinator: Self-pollinating
- Size: No. 1, 1 Yr Plants
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:
| 2021 Fall Shipping Schedule | ||||
| Zones | Blueberries | All Other Fruits | Perennials, Bulbs & Flowers | Vegetable Plants & Starts |
| 1A-4A | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 4B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 5A | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 5B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 6A | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 6B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 7A | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 7B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 8A & B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 9A & B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 10A & B | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 | 9/20/21 - 10/29/21 |
| Last Order Date | All Grow Zones: Oct 25, 2021 |
All Grow Zones: Oct 25, 2021 |
All Grow Zones: Oct 25, 2021 |
All Grow Zones: Oct 25, 2021 |
| 2021 Shipping Schedule | ||
| Zones | Nematodes | Encapsulated Compost Worms |
| 1A | 5/10/21 - 10/29/21 | 5/10/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 1B - 2A | 5/10/21 - 10/29/21 | 5/10/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 2B - 3B | 4/26/21 - 10/29/21 | 4/26/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 4A - 6A | 4/12/21 - 10/29/21 | 4/12/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 6B - 7A | 4/5/21 - 10/29/21 | 4/5/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 7B - 8B | 3/8/21 - 10/29/21 | 3/8/21 - 10/29/21 |
| 9A - 10B | 2/22/21 -10/29/21 | 2/22/21 -10/29/21 |
| Last Order Date | 10/25/2021 | 10/25/2021 |
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.
