{"product_id":"3-live-plant-plugs-ponca-blackberry-thornless-rubus-fruticosus","title":"3 Live Plant Plugs Ponca Blackberry Thornless Rubus fruticosus","description":"\u003cp\u003ePonca blackberry is a thornless, erect blackberry variety known for its sweet, firm fruit and primocane fruiting habit, producing berries on first-year canes. This self-pollinating selection offers a productive, easy-to-manage addition to the home fruit garden and performs well in containers or raised beds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe berries are excellent for fresh eating, baking, preserves, jams, and freezing. Plants grow upright with a manageable, semi-erect habit that requires minimal trellising. Fruit ripens in mid to late summer on primocanes, with a second lighter crop possible on floricanes the following season.\u003cbr\u003e\nSpecies: Rubus fruticosus\u003cbr\u003e\nVariety: Ponca\u003cbr\u003e\nType: Thornless blackberry\u003cbr\u003e\nPlant_Habit: Erect to semi-erect, primocane fruiting\u003cbr\u003e\nSun: Full sun\u003cbr\u003e\nSoil: Well-drained, slightly acidic loam\u003cbr\u003e\nDays_to_Harvest: 60-90 from planting\u003cbr\u003e\nZones: 5-9\u003cbr\u003e\nGermination: Not applicable\u003cbr\u003e\nSowing: Not applicable\u003cbr\u003e\nSpacing: 3-4 feet apart in rows 6-8 feet apart\u003cbr\u003e\nNotes: Self-pollinating; prune spent floricanes after harvest\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blake's Flora \u0026 Soil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67664683663496,"sku":"BTR-245","price":56.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4648\/6408\/files\/download_ea297acb-89f8-4006-91f8-0790767c1818.png?v=1791897543","url":"https:\/\/www.natesgardensupply.com\/products\/3-live-plant-plugs-ponca-blackberry-thornless-rubus-fruticosus","provider":"Nate's Garden Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}