Name: Blackberry 'Loch Tay'
Brand: Suttons
SKU: MH15751
Price: 34.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

Blackberry 'Loch Tay'

FROM £34.99

Three weeks earlier to fruit than Loch Ness
Rapidly becoming widely planted in UK and Europe
Thornless stems, rich flavoured fruits

1 x 2 Litre Potted Plant

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Blackberry ‘Loch Tay’ is a superb early to mid-season variety, ideal for gardeners looking to enjoy homegrown blackberries ahead of the main harvest. A sister variety to the popular ‘Loch Ness’, this compact cultivar is prized for its sweet, aromatic flavour and reliable performance, making it one of the best thorn-free, compact blackberries available.

With its semi-upright habit and thornless canes reaching up to 1.5 metres, ‘Loch Tay’ is well-suited to smaller gardens, offering both ease of handling and space-saving growth. Its berries are slightly smaller than those of ‘Loch Ness’, but what they lack in size, they more than make up for in taste—delivering a rich, sweet flavour that sets them apart.

Ripening begins in late July and continues through most of August, giving a generous crop of juicy blackberries over several weeks. The firm-textured fruit is also resistant to downy mildew, ensuring healthy plants and high-quality harvests even in wet conditions.

Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit, Blackberry ‘Loch Tay’ is a dependable and delicious addition to any fruit garden, combining flavour, disease resistance, and compact, thornless growth in one package. Ultimate height and spread: 1.5m (4.9ft).

Growing Information

Plant blackberry bushes in a sunny position in any well drained soil. Incorporate plenty of well rotted manure or garden compost into the ground prior to planting. When growing blackberry plants, support the stems on a framework of wires stretched between sturdy 1.8m (6') posts, or trained against a trellis or wall.

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Please note that when several items are ordered they may not all be delivered at the same time.

Delivery Charge

Standard Charge

Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

If your order comprises of a combination of carriage charges then a combined carriage charge of £7.99 will be applied.

Live Plants

Suttons strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

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Red - £9.99.
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