'Loch Tay' Blackberry Plants

Loch Tay Blackberry Bushes

Description of Loch Tay Plants & Fruit:
Loch Tay is a really handy little plant. Compact, upright and thornless, it comes into season early. While the berries are not so big, they have an excellent fruity burst flavour.

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Characteristics of Loch Tay Bushes:

• Self-fertile.
• Thornless.
• Compact, upright growth, good for pots.
• Brix level 10
• Fruit weight average 4.5g
• Rich & sweet - one of our favourites!
• Crops from late July for about 4 weeks.
• RHS Award of Garden Merit

Growing Loch Tay Blackberry Plants:

Generally, blackberries are grown along wires, but Loch Tay is an upright variety. You can grow it up a single post or in with a row of raspberries.
Spacing: You can plant Loch Tay quite close together in a row. 4' / 1.2 metres apart is more than enough.

Read our detailed information on how to grow blackberries here.

Background Information on Loch Tay Blackberry Bushes:

Bred from the other excellent upright thornless blackberry, Loch Ness, at the former Scottish Crop Research Institute near Dundee, which is now called the James Hutton Institute.