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2.5m
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2.5m
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2-5 years
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5 hours care
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Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Ness'
Other names: Blackberry 'Loch Ness'
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Genus: Rubus
Variety or cultivar: 'Loch Ness' _ 'Loch Ness' is a moderate-sized bush with upright thornless canes, white flowers in summer followed by dark blackberries in late summer.
Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Ness' is: Deciduous
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Pale-yellow in Autumn
Fruit: Black in Summer
Habit: Spreading
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Ness' (Blackberry 'Loch Ness') will reach a height of 2.5m and a spread of 2.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Add to salads, Banks and Slopes, Cake decoration, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Hedging/Screens
Cultivation: Plant outdoors in summer in well-drained neutral soil.
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Clay, Loamy, Sandy |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Neutral |
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Full Sun |
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South, East, West |
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| Exposure: |
Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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Question from
Sylvia Woolhouse
I found it necessary to prune this in the Autumn although I only bought it in Spring 2010. I noticed today (01012011) it is going to spread too much - do you advise giving it another prune before Spring?
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- Posted: Sat. 1st January 2011 21:47
- Last reply: Thu. 6th January 2011 20:22
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