| Scientific Name: | Rubus fruticosus 'Black Satin' |
| Common Name: | thornless blackberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, 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), Orbicular, 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: | |
| Leaves palmately compound with 5 doubly serrated ovate leaflets; flowers white to blushed pink; fruit and whole plant very similar to Himalayan blackberry but lacks prickles and spines. | |