berry variety
Ouachita
Blackberry · Rubus subgenus Rubus
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 6a–8b
- Chill hours
- 200 to 800 below 45°F
- Days to harvest
- 60 to 90
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- 10 to 15 years
At a glance
Sweet, firm, large berries with classic flavor; fresh eating and shipping. Erect thornless, productive, disease-resistant. Heat-tolerant southern cultivar.
Growing Ouachita
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Ouachita by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other blackberry varieties
5 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- Chester Thornless
Sweet-tart, firm, glossy berries with full flavor; fresh and processing. Trailing thornless habit, very produc…
- Marionberry
Rich, complex, sweet-tart; the iconic Pacific Northwest blackberry, prized for pies and jam. Trailing habit, t…
- Navaho
Sweet, firm, small-medium berries with high sugar; fresh eating premium and shipping quality. Erect thornless,…
- Prime-Ark Freedom
Sweet, large, very high quality berries; fresh eating premium. Primocane-fruiting (bears on first-year canes),…
- Triple Crown
Sweet, large, glossy black berries with rich balanced flavor; fresh, baking, jam. Semi-erect thornless, very p…
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Ouachita blackberry grow in?
Ouachita grows in USDA zones 6a through 8b.
- How does Ouachita compare to other blackberry varieties?
Ouachita is one of 6 blackberry varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full blackberry variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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Image: "Ripe, ripening, and green blackberries", by Ragesoss, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Source.
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