"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

As summer turns to fall, the list of jobs to do in the garden often doesn’t feel like it gets any smaller. Understandably, some things do fall to the wayside, including pruning, but September can ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

As most individuals are thinking about all of this winter weather, I am trying to think of how I am going to get all of my pruning finished. For our last article in the pruning series, we will talk ...

SALISBURY — This month we have received numerous phone calls on how to prune blueberries and blackberries. As I have mentioned in a previous article on pruning fruits, it is best done mid-February.

Blackberries are by far one of the easiest fruit crops to grow in south Louisiana, but some gardeners avoid them because they have a reputation for getting out of control, creating a bramble jungle.

Blackberries at The Urban Farmstead, one of the many urban farms and community gardens in New Orleans. (Photo by Brett Duke, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Question: How and when do I prune ...