The Perfect Plants live Arapaho Blackberry, scientific name Rubus ursinus 'Arapaho', is one of the varieties of blackberries that get large, deliciously sweet fruit. This variety or bush produces a bit earlier than other blackberries, during the early summer. With its super sweet fruit, this berry can be eaten fresh, or cooked down into a jam or jelly. You can even add other fruits such as strawberries, Grapes, the raspberry, or even a fig to create delicious jams of seedless jellies. The arapaho blackberry is heat hardy, and does not require a trellis, it can stand up on its own. Planting multiple blackberry bushes next to each other can increase your yield due to cross pollination. This variety of blackberry bush does best outdoors in full sun, and produces fruit on the previous year growth. once fruited, you can cut back those canes to make room for more fruit bearing branches. Be sure to give this live plant plenty of water. This shrubs comes directly from our nursery in florida, and ships directly to your home. We recommend giving the thornless berry a yearly dose of fruit fertilizer to keep the plant consistently Producing fruit. our blackberries ship potted in a 1 Gallon container, and will continue to grow once planted in soil.