After clearing blackberries on your property, what should you plant to keep them from coming back? This is one of the most common questions we get from our customers. We have compiled the following plants that we recommend to plant to keep the blackberries out. Remember to continue to watch for bramble shoots while your new plants are getting established and remove them.
- Athyrium filix-femina / Lady Fern
- Cornus canadensis / Bunchberry
- Gaultheria shallon / Salal
- Mahonia aquifolium / Tall Oregon Grape
- Mahonia nervosa / Low Oregon Grape
- Physocarpus capitatus / Pacific Ninebark
- Polystichum munitum / Sword Fern
- Ribes sanguineum ‘King Edward VII’ / Flowering Currant
- Ribes sanguineum / Red Flowering Currant
- Rosa nutkana / Nootka Rose
- Rosa pisocarpa / Cluster Rose
- Rosa woodsi / Woods Rose
- Rubus parviflorus / Thimbleberry
- Spiraea douglasii / Douglas Spirea
- Symphoricarpos albus / Snowberry
- Tellima grandiflora / Fringecup