Item Number: FV314
Boysenberry - Thornless
Thornless Variety, Perfect for Pain-Free Harvesting
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Description
Description
Thornless Boysenberry is one live potted plant that combines blackberry and red raspberry ancestry in a vigorous trailing caneberry. Large maroon berries offer an aromatic, sweet-tart flavor for fresh eating, preserves, sauces, pies, baking, and freezing. The selection is grown for canes without the prominent thorns of traditional boysenberries, although an occasional thorny shoot can appear and should be removed at its point of origin.
- Plant form: One live potted thornless boysenberry plant
- USDA zones: 6–9
- Chill requirement: Approximately 300–500 hours
- Fruiting habit: Trailing floricane, or summer bearing
- Pollination: Self-fruitful; a second cultivar is not required
- Harvest: Generally early to midsummer, depending on region
Select a sunny site with fertile soil that drains well and some protection from damaging winter wind near the colder edge of its range. Soak the nursery root ball before transplanting, preserve the existing crown depth, and water deeply while roots grow into the surrounding soil. Continue providing even moisture during bloom and fruit fill without creating persistently wet conditions. Mulch can help moderate the root zone when kept several inches away from the crown.
The long, flexible canes require a trellis, fence, or wire system. Train fruiting floricanes and new primocanes in separate groups so each generation is easy to identify. When harvest is complete, remove the floricanes that produced berries at ground level and guide healthy primocanes onto the support for next year. Prune out weak, damaged, or thorny reversion growth, and avoid crowding the trellis; better light and airflow simplify picking and help leaves dry after irrigation or rain.
Thornless Boysenberry is self-fruitful, so no named pollinizer partner is needed, but bee visits during flowering can support fuller berries. Explore the berry plant collection for complementary harvest seasons and consult the cane berry planting guide for transplanting, support, and renewal-pruning instructions. Actual harvest timing and plant vigor vary with climate and care.
Potted Plant Free Shipping
Potted Plant Free Shipping
Mix and match six qualifying potted plants within the Potted Trees shipping group and receive free standard shipping. Eligible potted-plant orders of one to five plants currently ship for a $19.99 fixed rate by FedEx or UPS.
Bare root trees and perennials are calculated separately and do not count toward the six-plant threshold.
Free standard and fixed-rate shipping offers apply to qualifying deliveries within the contiguous 48 states. USPS and expedited delivery are charged separately.
Shipping Information
Shipping Information
Cannot ship to the following states: HI, AK, PR, GU, VI
Shipping Weight: 4.58 lb
Dimensions: 35.9"L x 3.9"W x 3.9"H
Features
Features
- Bears on Floricanes
- Grow on a Trellis
- Plant Spreads
- Potted
- Self-fruitful
- Thornless
Characteristics
Characteristics
Planting & Care
Planting & Care
Useful Information
Useful Information
Guarantee
Guarantee
Limited Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee
* Claim deadline is June 15th
We guarantee that your dormant tree or plant will arrive in good, viable condition. If your tree arrives in substandard condition, notify us within 3 days of delivery. Please email pictures of the box, inside packaging, the tree and its roots to helpdesk@groworganic.com. We will investigate your claim and process a request to exchange or refund the damaged product.
If your dormant tree or plant has not grown new leaves by June 15th, you may be eligible for our Limited Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee. This guarantee provides for a store credit for the purchase price of the tree, excluding shipping. Please see the Instructions below.
Important Dates:
- April 1st Dormant trees/plants must be planted in the ground
- May 15th Perform scratch test, if no new leaves have grown
- June 15th Deadline to apply for a dormant tree/plant credit
All required documentation must be received by June 15th for your claim to be considered. Claims or documentation received after June 15th will be denied, without exception. Instructions listed below
Terms and Conditions
We cannot guarantee that your tree or plant will remain alive and healthy after it is received, or bear fruit as there are too many variables in your environment that are beyond our control (i.e. soil preparation, weed and pest control, proper irrigation, chill hours, compatible hardiness for your growing zone, proper choice of pollinator, extreme weather, rodent damage, disease, etc.).
We cannot guarantee that we will be able to provide a replacement tree/plant of the same species either that same growing season or in future years. Customers are responsible for all shipping fees associated with replacement trees and plants.
If we determine that the tree you purchased directly from us is not viable, we will issue you a store credit (not a refund) for the purchase price of the affected dormant tree or plant. Shipping is not included in the dormant tree/plant guarantee. Store credits can be used to purchase any product we sell and are valid for use only until July 1st of the following year.
Historically, 98% of our dormant trees and plants grow and thrive when they have been cared for and planted using our growing guides. Dormant trees and plants must be planted in the ground by April 1st in order to be eligible for credit. If the ground in your area is still frozen solid, you may temporarily plant your tree or plant in a pot.
Potted, non-dormant trees or plants are excluded from this guarantee as they are not dormant at the time of shipment. Evergreen trees such as citrus, avocado and olive trees are not available for credit under the Dormant Tree and Plant Guarantee.
Instructions
We guarantee that your dormant fruit tree or plant will leaf out, if you care for it according to our growing guides. In the unlikely event that your dormant tree or plant does not have leaves by May 15th, follow these simple steps to apply for a store credit:
Before you call or email, please perform a “scratch test” to determine if the tree or plant is still alive. This video shows how to check for live tissue under the bark. Scratch tests need to be done a few inches above and below the graft.
Green Cambium Layer / Living Trees
If the cambium layer under the bark is green, give your tree a little more time. It is still alive, but hasn’t come out of dormancy yet. Check to make sure that it is getting the right amount of deep root water, enough sunlight and that the weather is warm enough for that type of tree/plant to come out of dormancy. Every tree has its own personality and will come out of dormancy at different times. Be sure to submit the required documentation listed below by June 15th, if it doesn’t grow leaves.
Brown Cambium Layer / Dead Trees
If the scratch test shows a brown cambium layer or if your dormant tree/plant doesn’t have leaves by June 1st, please email us at helpdesk@groworganic.com. All required documentation listed below must be received by June 15th for your claim to be considered. To be considered for the guarantee claim, all required documentation must be received by June 15th. Incomplete submissions will be denied.
Required Documentation
- Order number
- Name of dormant tree/plant and the quantity affected
- Photos of each tree or plant showing:
- The roots (tree or plant must be pulled out of the ground)
- The scratch test areas
- The entire tree/plant
We reserve the right to not issue credit for items that have already been replaced. We also reserve the right to require photographic evidence that the tree/plant was not killed by root rot, rodent or mechanical damage.
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This bush has had a lot of growth and is doing great. No berries yet, but I am hoping for some soon.
We purchased five (5) of the thornless boysenberry plants and I was worried as two of the plants came a little banged up...BUT...we planted them in some healthy soil and they are growing like a weed! There are blossoms and the berries are peaking through. We can't wait to bake a berry pie! THANK YOU for a great product!
Plants arrived in perfect condition. I won’t know until next year how the berries taste/produce, but I am hopeful.
Plant is growing and looks healthy.
It was a few weeks before we were able to plant and they are growing well and have blooms!
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