{"id":7984,"date":"2020-06-20T23:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T23:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7984"},"modified":"2020-06-21T00:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T00:05:15","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-174-blackberry-rubus-chester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/20\/plant-a-day-2020-day-174-blackberry-rubus-chester\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-a-Day 2020 (Day 174) Blackberry (Rubus) “Chester”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This rambling berry is from Raintree Nursery, purchased probably ten years ago. It hasn\u2019t produced well for me, mostly because it lives on the northern-most berry trellis in the orchard bed and has been overgrown by a muscular camellia and shaded out by the berries in front of it. This year, however, because of the plant\u2019s typical lengthy canes, I might have found a solution. I took a twelve-foot cane and laid it on top of the three berry trellises. The cane gets pretty much full sun up there and has set a lot of berries. I\u2019m excited to see how they turn out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n