Tayberry cutting — blackberry × raspberry hybrid with large aromatic fruit. Supplied as a rooted cutting in growing medium, ready to plant.
Tayberry is a blackberry × raspberry hybrid with large, deep-red, very aromatic fruit.
Botanical name: Rubus fruticosus × Rubus idaeus 'Tayberry'
Type: fruiting cane plant with long canes — needs a trellis
Height: canes 2–2.5 m long
Flowering: May–June
Harvest: July–August
Fruit: large, deep-red, aromatic fruit — fresh, jams
Pollination: Self-fertile — a single plant will crop.
Winter care: fully hardy (down to −20 °C) — overwinters outdoors
Position: Sun / partial shade
Soil: fertile, moist, well-drained
Planting: March–May or September–November, when the ground is not frozen; plant at the same depth as in the growing medium and water thoroughly
Care: train canes on a trellis; after harvest cut fruited canes to the ground
Pack: 1 rooted cutting in growing medium
| Life cycle | Perennial |
|---|---|
| Frost hardiness | Hardy |
