Marionberry Plant

I planted mine in a continuous row with my raspberries . They all seemed
to do fine.

Yes, I have marionberry, red raspberry, boysenberry and loganberry in my berry patch.

The marionberry plant should be supported with stakes and wire trellises with each pair of stakes positioned 4-5 feet (1 to 1.5 m.) apart with 2 wires strung between. One wire should hang at 5 feet

No. They have lots of thorns, even on the leaves.

In my limited experience brambles can be planted anytime. I am in zone 8b (the middle of SC) with very erratic weather from January to Easter (the 30s to the 70s during that time frame). Even if they get a cold burn they will probably come back. Two things you might want to consider, however: they are unbelievably thorny (!!!!) and they send out very long runners. I haven’t had much in the way of fruit from these and might take them out if they don’t improve. I would strongly recommend Chester blackberries or boysenberries instead. They churn out sweet fruit and are much more upright and thornless!

Yes, they will. Marionberries are a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry, and have similar growing habits.

Yes, but not bad like Himalayan Blackberries, more like Oregon native blackberries. I'm going by memory - I can check this weekend and will update if investigation reveals otherwise. We planted these last fall and they are just starting their spring growth.

Near the end of Summer let the end of some of the vines rest on the soil. They will take root and next Spring you can transplant your new plants.

They are potted, either in a 3- or 6-pack or a gallon container.

A Jumbo Cell Pack is a bigger version of the divided 6-packs in which you might have bought annuals or vegetable plants in at a garden center. These one-year-old plants are new starts - about 4-6" tall - and will grow rapidly during the next growing season.

The 1-gallon plant is in a #1 trade gallon pot (about 2/3 of a standard gallon) and is two years old, and has an an advanced root system. These plants are two years old and about a foot tall at shipping.

I had no problem encouraging growth. I planted them took care of them and just let the grow for the first year. Mine grew and they are trailing berries the second year I had so many plants growing then I pruned them at about five feet got them on two wires and they are full of branches. I know I didn’t help you at all but I just didn’t have no problem with growth. One thing I know they are so worth figuring out the problem they are so great. Do yours have thorns. Mine do.