The Sweetest Blackberry Plants

Triple Crown

• Triple Crown is one of the sweetest thornless blackberry varieties. It has a complex flavor with no acidic taste. Triple Crown is an upright growing plant that reaches a height of up to 15 feet. Highly disease resistant, it produces a juicy, firm berry that is excellent eaten fresh or used in desserts. Triple Crown grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 5 to 9.

Chester

• Best known for its tight, compact clusters of berries and its ability to ship easily cross-country, Chester produces a large, very sweet berry that is good eaten fresh or used for preserves, desserts or wine. It is a hardy variety of blackberry, and is resistant to cane blight. Chester grows up to 10 feet in height, and does best in USDA zones 5 to 8.

Navaho

• With an excellent sweet flavor that is consistently rated the highest of the varieties introduced by the University of Arkansas, Navaho bears a medium-sized berry that is excellent eaten fresh or for use in desserts. An erect-growing, thornless variety of blackberry, it grows to a height of 4 to 5 feet and does well in USDA zones 6 to 10.

Ouachita

• With a sweet flavor that rates almost as high as Navaho, Ouachita produces a medium to large-sized, firm berry that has good storage and handling potential. Ouachita is fairly disease resistant, and grows in USDA zones 5 to 9. A thornless, erect growing variety of blackberry, it reaches a height of 4 to 5 feet.