Berries

Bring home the joy of summer with Chester Blackberry! This self-fertile, deciduous berry bush is a vigorous grower, rewarding you with masses of large, juicy blackberries over the season. Give it some room to stretch and a trellis or support to climb, and watch it transform your garden into a productive and delicious haven. Perfect for fresh eating, jams, desserts, or sharing straight from the garden—Chester Blackberry is easy to grow and a true treat for both gardeners and wildlife.

Soil: Well-drained humus-rich soil.
Condition: Prefers full sun and can handle frosts
Size: Height 2m x width 3m

Sunshine Blue is a semi-dwarf, self-fertile blueberry plant that is perfect for anyone looking for a versatile plant that produces delicious berries. This plant is known for its showy hot pink flowers that fade to white in spring, and it yields a large crop of medium-sized, sweet, and dark blue berries. Sunshine Blue fruits from December to January, while its flowers bloom from October to November. This plant is a great addition to patios and gardens in cooler areas. Apply a complete fertiliser in spring.

Soil: Prefers an acidic soil with a pH of 4.5-5.5. Before planting, improve the soil by adding decomposed manure and compost. This is especially important in clay soils, as blueberries prefer a free-draining soil high in organic matter.
Conditions: Sunny position that is protected from wind. It requires 150 hours of winter chill, making it an ideal choice for the subtropics.
Size: Height 1.2m x width 1.2m

Raspberry Ripple is a small evergreen native shrub with soft, needle-like foliage. The shrub produces a spectacular mass display of varicoloured spider flowers of raspberry pink and white from autumn to early spring. Dense in habit, Raspberry Ripple is a great native bird and bee attractor and is excellent for use in rockeries. It is a useful shrub where areas require low-level cover.

Soil: Adapts to most well-drained soils.
Conditions: Full sun to dappled shade.
Size: Height 0.5m x width 1.5m

Raspberry Dream - bred by Kings Park and Botanic Garden - is an exceptional performer that produces vivid red-pink flowers all year round. Each flower head is densely packed with small flowers, with long styles that bend over like hairpins before straightening out. With its naturally compact growing habit, Raspberry Dream is ideal for borders along paths, fence lines, driveways, and beds. Prune lightly as necessary to maintain its shape, and occasionally use a slow-release native fertilizer for optimal growth.

Soil: Adaptable to most soil types.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, frost, and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m

The Blueberry Ash is an Australian native found naturally along the Eastern coast of Australia. It has spectacular foliage beginning reddish-pink when young, turning a bright, vivid green when mature and returning to a deep red upon aging. The Blueberry Ash produces fragrant white to pink feathery flowers with fringed edges that hang like tiny lampshades during spring and summer. The ornamental display continues with the appearance of dark blue berries from which the native tree gets its name. This hardy tree is ideal as a specimen tree, informal hedge and, with pruning, can be kept as a large shrub.

Soil: Suits most soil types but must be moist and well-drained.
Conditions: Suits full sun to heavy shade. It is adaptable to many climate zones provided water is available.
Size: Height 10-15m x width 3-6m

Caroline Blueberry is a Northern Highbush Blueberry - a deciduous, fruiting plant that is native to the colder areas of Canada & the United States. These varieties of blueberry plants perform well in Australia and provide a bounty of berries. Caroline is an early fruiting blueberry producing medium-sized, fragrant fruits with a beautiful sweet taste. It is a deciduous shrub with oval leaves, producing pretty bell-shaped white flowers in spring, followed by small blue-purple berries in summer. The leaves of Caroline take on attractive red-orange tones in autumn. Self-pollinating, but cross-pollination with another type with the same bloom time produces higher yields. Blueberries can produce an abundance of fruit over many months, keep them evenly watered with good drainage and use a low nitrogen fertiliser.

Soil: To grow successfully provide organic matter and ample moisture along with a soil pH of 5.5, so if you have alkaline soil you need to consider growing these in pots.
Conditions: It grows best in a sunny but protected position with some shade from the hottest afternoon sun during summer. Approximately 750-1200 hours chilling required for proper dormancy. 
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m

The Blue Rose Blueberry is an excellent variety with beautiful reddish autumn foliage and large fruit. It produces fruit during the summer and the ripe fruit is delicious when picked right off the bush. It is self-fertile but will have a greater yield when pollinated by another variety.

Soil: Free draining loose soil
Conditions: Prefers full sun / part shade
Size: 2m W 1.5m W

Rubus fruticosus Thornless Blackberry is a gardener’s delight — vigorous, productive, and easy to harvest without the worry of sharp spines. These hardy berry shrubs produce masses of sweet, dark purple to black fruits through mid to late summer, following a charming display of white or pink blossoms in late spring. The glossy, dark green foliage forms a dense, bushy plant that makes an attractive addition to the edible garden or a soft feature along a fence or trellis. The berries are perfect for eating fresh, adding to desserts, or turning into homemade jams and preserves. For best results, prune during winter or early spring to remove old, weak, or damaged canes and maintain a tidy, open shape. Thornless Blackberries thrive with strong support and regular care, rewarding you with an abundant harvest year after year.


Soil: Well-drained fertile soil. If your soil is heavy or prone to poor drainage, consider planting in raised beds or mounds to ensure good water flow around the roots
Conditions: Full sun. While they are hardy in most climates, you may need to protect them from harsh winter winds in colder areas by mulching heavily or using row covers during the coldest months.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m ( with pruning)