Blackberries, Raspberries and Hybrids

[krismoriah]

@sharq

Oh, if they are supposed to have pink/red flowers, I guess I don’t have them. And the wholesaler for the big box stores has it mislabeled. Very white flowers.

Osage Blackberry, or not?

I’m new to growing blackberries and last spring I planted four varieties of blackberries ordered from Indiana Berry: Osage, Ouachita, Natchez and Von. They have grown well in my zone 7b garden, are now fruiting as expected on the floricanes, and new primocanes are actively growing. A few weeks back I tipped the Osage primocanes at around 3 feet and they have continued to grow and are now about 4 to 5 feet tall. What I didn’t expect to see are flower buds on these primocanes, as Osage isn’t desc…