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Rubus 'Starlight' (Boysenberry 'Starlight' )

Other names: Rubus 'Purple Star', Boysenberry 'Purple Star', Rasbpberry 'Starlight', Blackberry 'Starlight', Thornless boysenberry 'Starlight'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Starlight' is an upright to arching, deciduous shrub with stout, thornless canes bearing lobed, pinnate, dark grey-green leaves and white flowers from late spring into summer followed by large, glossy, conical, segmented, edible, dark maroon to black fruit, usually ready for harvest in early summer.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
1.5 m 3 m 2-5 years
4 ft 9 ft 2-5 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Clay
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
  • North
Exposure
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Grow in well-drained, neutral soil in full sun. Mulch with well-rotted compost or manure in spring. Typically grown on a post and wire support system, over an arch, or fan-trained. Self-fertile.

Suggested uses

Banks and Slopes, Containers/Patio, Cottage/Informal, Hedging/Screens, Flavouring food and drinks, Cake decoration, Add to salads

UK hardiness

USDA zones

Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

Sunset zone

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Unknown
Central Valley = Unknown
South Coastal = Unknown
South Inland = Unknown
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Upright, Arching

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Canes produce fruit in their second year. Remove fruited canes after harvest.

Propagation methods

Layering, Softwood cuttings

Pests

Raspberry leaf and bud mite

Raspberry beetle

Aphids

Gall mites

Diseases

Plant container grown plants in deep fertile, well-drained soil

Prune blackberries and hybrid berries

Mulch berries

Plant container grown plants in a sunny postion

Place straw between rows of soft fruit

Rotate berry crops every 2-3 years

Remove straw from around soft fruits

Feed soft fruit with high-potassium liquid feed

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