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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Large, reddish-black berries
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit

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Common names
  • Boysenberry
Also sold as:
  • 'Boysen'

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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-08-30
Very large reddish-purple fruit.
Location: murchison, tx
boysenberry blossom
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-04-14 
boysenberry vine
Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: My back Yard
Date: May 26, 2013 11:00am
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2014-05-26 
ripening boysenberries
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2015-02-05 
boysenberry roots
Location: murchison, tx
Date: 2015-02-05 
new stems
Location: Vista, CA
Date: March
Comments:
  • Posted by texaskitty111 (97478 - Zone 8b) on Apr 15, 2014 11:12 AM concerning plant:
    I believe this to be the best tasting berry of all. Not dry like a raspberry, seedy like a blackberry, sour like a gooseberry, or pithy like store bought strawberries. It's wonderful cooked or fresh. Grows on second year vines. Thornless version still has small thorns, original version (bigger thorns like blackberry vines) sets more fruit. Hard to find if you want to buy.
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