Sweetie Pie Blackberry Plant - Disease-Resistant Rubus Bare Root Starter for Full Sun Gardens

Sweetie Pie Blackberry Plant Overview

The Sweetie Pie blackberry is a Rubus bare root starter plant known for its exceptionally sweet and juicy berries. This variety is disease-resistant and heat-tolerant, making it suitable for warmer climates and gardeners of all experience levels. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, producing abundant fruit ideal for fresh eating, desserts, and preserves.

Key Features

• Includes one Sweetie Pie blackberry bare root starter plant
• Produces deep purple-black, sweet, and juicy blackberries
• Disease-resistant and heat-tolerant variety
• Fast growth rate with mature size reaching 4-6 feet tall and wide
• Thrives in full sun with well-drained, rich, slightly acidic soil
• Moderate watering with consistent moisture needed
• Suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 5-9
• Ideal for fresh eating, baking, preserves, and desserts

Growing Information

The Sweetie Pie blackberry plant prefers full sun exposure and well-drained soil that is rich and slightly acidic. It requires moderate watering to maintain consistent moisture levels. This fast-growing plant reaches a mature size of 4 to 6 feet in both height and width. Its disease resistance and heat tolerance make it a reliable choice for gardeners in warmer regions within USDA zones 5 through 9.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.