Looking for BlackBerry Bushes WITH THORNS

[Jlw0903]

Local garden supply and nurseries seems to only have the thornless varieties which is not very practical for us since we have lots of deer and other wildlife.
I live in southeast WI so something fairly hardy would be good.

Does anyone know any good online suppliers that would have some

 

[rosemarythyme]

I wish you could just come over to my house and take them... I have about 2 acres of thorny blackberry...

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

I get my online from Gurneys. If they don't live they will replace your money.

 

[Jlw0903]

Won't dear still eat the berries? Well, I don't know much about that sort of stuff so .

They will be less likely to eat the actual plant down to nothing. At least not when theres other things to eat that dont have thorns. Deer eat everything. They destroyed my garden last year. It was my first time doing a garden so it was a good lesson learned but I was really sad. Luckily it happened fairly early so the plants were able to recover somewhat and I could get at least a few veggies.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

And our cherries.

I was so excited to find wild blueberry bushes when we moved here but the birds get them before they even ripen!

 

[LittleMissCountry]

We have blueberries too, but they are under bird netting. Of course the chickens are there too, but they can only reach the low hanging fruit.

Ours are wild in the woods. I think If I covered them, the wild critters may get tangled in the netting

 

[rosemarythyme]

The deer and birds clear our wild blackberries out if we don’t get to them as soon as they are ripe!

Two legged predators come and steal mine in baskets lol (I don't really care, we don't eat them anyway, but the chickens enjoy them).

 

[Farmdog267]

Hollybrook Orchards might have some. I know they used to have a couple of thorned varieties back in 2010-2011.

 

[NatJ]

I ordered some from this place:
https://www.penseberryfarm.com/Blackberry-Plant-Varieties-s/1856.htm
They have a lot of varieties, both with and without thorns (check the descriptions to see which is which.)

Note, the prices at Pense Berry Farm look really cheap, but you do have to order at least three plants per variety. (I was looking for one of these and one of those, but ended up getting three each from here because it was cheaper than one each from other sources, for the particular varieties I wanted.)

I ordered mine this fall, and they arrived as typical bare-root plants (meaning, they look "dead" for now but are expected to grow when spring comes.) They looked as healthy and well-packed as any other bare-root plants I've ordered, but obviously I haven't yet seen them growing (because Spring isn't here!)

I ordered thornless blackberries and raspberries myself, so my variety choices won't be right for you

 

[ValerieJ]

Try Willis Orchards