| Scientific Name: | Rubus fruticosus 'Black Satin' |
| Common Name: | thornless blackberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Semi-evergreen, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Pendulous, Spreading |
| Form: | Climbing |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Digitate (palmate), Ovate, Double serrate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Red, Dark-red, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Whole plant very similar to Himalayan blackberry but lacks prickles and spines: leaves alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets 3-5 (the lower ones may not be fully separated), ovate, most 5-12(-15)cm long x 3-6(-10)cm wide (terminal leaflet blade is the largest and has a petiolule up to 6cm long), with prickles on rachis and petiolules, base rounded to slightly cordate, margin double serrate; cymes of fragrant flowers 3-4cm wide, 5 pinkish-white petals, multiple simple pistils; fruit an aggregate of drupelets, red maturing black, 1-2cm long. | |