Has anybody seen a Blackberry tree?

Question

On a recent visit to Canada(Hamilton) i saw what i can only describe as a Blackberry tree......the tree was atleast 10 -12 ft with huge branches and had the green,red and the black berries.....i could swear that it was a blackberry tree....except my sister says blackberries grow

on bushes and didnt let me try any !

Has anyone seen a tree like this? Do blackberries grow on trees too?

Answer 1

Your sister is right,blackberries grow on bushes,Blackberry clove tree is an air freshener for your car.

Answer 2

It could have been a mulberry tree as mulberrys look very like blackberries but are sharper in taste.

Blackberries grow on bushes.

Answer 3

Both the blackberry and the mulberry are tasty.

blackberries grow on  thorny vines and mulberries grow on trees.

they are both similar in appearance

Mulberries/ photo below/no thorns

http://www.flickr.com/photos/medusaorang...

Blackberries/photo below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siebe/25741...

They almost look the same.

Edited then you have the boysenberry/photo

no thorns

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bostonthipa...

Answer 4

Blackberries grow on a vine-like bush that sends out long thin stems. It is nothing like a tree and cannot be pruned to look like a tree.

It is more likely that the tree you saw was a mulberry. The fruit are similar in look, but not in taste. See picture below

Answer 5

Well I don't have too much experience in gardening, but maybe it was a really tall shrub that they had clipped into a tree? I can't think of any other black, green, and red berries. And I am not too sure about this answer: I have heard of vines that kill the tree and just live there instead, so it looks like a ___ tree. But I'm not sure if blackberries grow on vines...

Answer 6

You saw a mulberry tree.  The berries do look similar to blackberries, although they're not nearly as tasty as a blackberry.

Birds love mulberries.  Then they love to stain your sidewalk and car...