Thornless Blackberry Variety Produces Bushels of Fruit!
If you are looking to harvest blackberries right in your own backyard, the Prime Ark® Freedom blackberry bush is the perfect choice for you! This thornless blackberry has large berries and good flavor.
This blackberry variety is disease resistant and drought tolerant. The fruit bush will start to flower in the early spring. The fruiting season will begin to ripen its large sweet fruit in July all the way through the first frost. The more fruit you pick will increase the number of fruit the following year.
The Prime Ark blackberry is free of pesky thorns, and produces black berries large to extra large in size, have a sweet taste, and are firm in texture. Similar to its thornless berry relative, the triple crown blackberry.
The fruit size alone is a good reason to plant these blackberry plants. They are perfect for home gardeners and can even be grown in containers wherever the climate is suitable. Prime ark blackberries grow up to 4-5 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide at maturity. Kids love blackberries too!
PRIME ARK FREEDOM BLACKBERRY CARE
The Prime Ark Freedom does best in full sun and loamy, well-drained soil. It can tolerate clay soil as long as the watering schedule is kept up to date. The bush prefers soil moist to establish its strong root system during the first growing season. Good drainage is essential to prevent root rot as well as annual soil amendments such as a slow release fertilizer in the spring will help when producing fruit.
It is self-pollinating and can grow across the United States in USDA hardiness zones 4-8. This blackberry variety exhibits excellent cold hardiness and plants will survive the winter temperatures if covered during hard freezes.
The blackberry plant was originally part of the University of Arkansas’s primocane breeding program and is the first thornless primocane fruiting blackberry variety of its kind. This means more blackberry fruit faster as it fruits on new growth, unlike most other blackberries.
This extends the fruit harvest time too. So as the new canes produce early season berries, the older canes will produce later season berries on previous year’s canes. The semi erect canes will eventually need to be pruned after they have fruited 2 times.
This blackberry plant ships rooted in soil in a container. They do not ship bare root. Plants will arrive in excellent condition. They are very hardy. If this is not the case, please contact us.
This summer bearing blackberry bush will start to flower and bear fruit + delicious berries in the first year of planting.
Shop our Prime Ark Freedom Blackberry plant for sale for an easy to grow fruit bush
Read our Berry Important Berry blog and Growing Fruit Trees in Containers for more information on other kinds of berry bushes.
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Sunlight
Full Sun
Foliage Color
Green
Mature Width
3-4 ft
Mature Height
4-5 ft
Growing Zones 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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Awesome plant
Growing like crazy
Perfect Plants
Appreciate your sharing your feedback with us, Cheryl. You'll be picking blackberries in no time. Enjoy your Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry Bush.

No clue
I haven’t received them yet
Perfect Plants
Hi Deanna! We appreciate your feedback and sorry to hear what is going on with your Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry Bush. We strive at providing the best customer care possible and are always available to assist. All the best.

Awesome Blueberry and Blackberry plants
Just took delivery of my blueberry and blackberry plants. I couldn't believe it when I opened the box...My plants were securely packaged and loaded with berries and blossoms. They looked incredible. Perfect Plants is putting it lightly. They are just awesome. Can't wait to harvest these berries. I highly recommend this company.
Perfect Plants
Hi Ray! We are thrilled you're happy with your Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry Bush order and delivery. We're sure you'll be picking blueberries in no time. Take care!
The Prime Arc Freedom Blackberry bushes I got from you are top rate and I couldn't be happier. You have wonderful customer service, Bela was very friendly and very helpful. I know that I will definitely be reordering from Perfect Plants Nursery in the future!!! Oh, I have also recommended you to all my friends!!!
Perfect Plants
Hey Bonnie, That's awesome! Thank you so much for the review and hope that you and the Prime Ark Freedom Blackberry Bush are doing stellar! We look forward to you and your friends, continued support!
Perfect Plants
Thank you Sarah for your Prime Ark® Freedom Blackberry Bush purchase. Happy picking!