BlackBerry Plants Prime-Ark Freedom Price Includes Four (4) Plants

I bought these in 23 and the shipping was delayed, which allowed some of the plants to dry out. Hello Organics took care of it by shipping more. They are very productive plants with large berries.

Actual rating: 4.5 stars. The plants arrived safely (packaging could have been better), and they have been in the ground for about a week and are doing very well! They are not large, but they all took, so I'm pleased. Recommend.

I ordered 8. The plants were tiny, with just 3 or 4 leaves touching the ground with no stalk. The roots and pots were barely an inch. Two plants have already died. I don’t expect the rest to survive. I have 16 blackberry bushes in my yard, so I’m not a novice. I wasted $50 on these plants. Take my advice and save your money. I emailed the company and received no response.

I purchased these plants in 2021 and have held off writing a review until I got a solid growing season in. Last year was a success and they are returning without any issues.I will say this much--the reason that I gave the seller four stars--they need to be plainer in their ad about the actual size of the plants they will be shipping out and the care they will require. At this point, I've purchased a fair number of blackberry plants online and this seller's plants were TINY by comparison. (Also, you probably ought to mention the patent).Being me and somewhat goal-oriented by nature, I was determined to keep them alive. So I babied them for their first year, keeping them under shade cloths (they showed sunburn when I didn't) and watering them carefully, and held my breath during the ice storm of (the one that shut Texas down) and to my sheer delight they flourished. I now can't tell the difference between them and the two dozen other plants I have out there. They bore lots of beautiful berries last year.To the guy who claimed he was sold Himalayan Berries by this seller. Himalayan Blackberry plants are huge and have large, stiff thorns. The ones I received from this seller do not have thorns and behave as the other Prime Arcs I have. I suspect he propagates from seeds instead of tipping, which is why his are so small.

I purchased these plants in April of 2022. They arrived disease-free and vigorous, and I planted them immediately in their own semi-rasied beds near a fence line. Like any good gardener, I took some time before the purchase to learn about the cultivar and its requirements. While the plants all grew to over 5 feet in their first year, they did not flower. I was only mildly disappointed, as I knew that may happen. This spring, after being properly pruned during the winter, they are exploding with flowers which will hopefully become berries. Regardless, the plants themselves are authentic Prime Ark Freedom and they are not difficult to maintain. They grow very quickly and there are some tipping requirements to help them branch, but in general they are very disease and rust resistant and easy. They do spread via root suckers, I've found them as far as two feet away from the main stem, but those are easily trimmed. I use Miracle-gro Performance Organics General Purpose and Edibles fertilizers, with the Edibles being used during flowering fruiting. I am in USDA Climate Zone 8a, in SC. I absolutely recommend this variety and this vendor.

The arrived very quickly and were as described. Young plants like these are very fragile. They can't withstand much in the way of stress and definitely can't withstand the full day of sun. They have to be transplanted into a larger pot, with room to grow a bit, and kept in a place where they're limited to about 3 hours of sun per day, and lots of shade. After several months of this, they can be planted in the ground, if that's what you choose. I got them into larger pots, with some good potting mix. One of them died very quickly, because they are very fragile. Another died shortly after transplanting into it's permanent home. The other two are progressing, although it's very slowly. One of the reasons might be that it's just too hot for them in Texas in July. Even when they're healthy enough to transplant into the ground, you don't want to do it when it's over 100 degrees, because they might not survive. If I had to do it over again, I might just spend the extra money and get the more mature plants. If you are willing to nurse these to maturity, they're a good value. But if you want plants that are more mature than this, and stand a better chance of survival, spend the extra money and get the more mature plants.

These blackberry plants arrived in good shape. I planted them and they're still alive. . . . can't wait to taste their fruit; . . . maybe next year. (I almost called them blackberry briars, but they're thornless.)

My first thought was "you have got to be joking". What you receive is a tiny plant in a tiny plug tray. The plant is about 2 inches tall. They shoukd call this a plug, not a plant. Here's hoping they survive. For what they are charging, you shoukd receive a more developed plant. The tiny plants even fell out of the plug tray because they were so small.