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Garden dewberry

Rubus aboriginum

Also called Mayes Dewberry, Aboriginal Dewberry

Rubus aboriginum is a bushy, trailing bramble native to the southern Great Plains and parts of Mexico, closely related to northern dewberry. It grows best in partial shade on rocky or well-drained soil and produces small blackberry-like fruit.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells, letting the top layer of soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, rocky or sandy loam.
Temperature
10–30 °C; hardy to about -20 °C.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Rubus aboriginum is a North American species of dewberry in the genus Rubus, a member of the rose family. It is commonly known as garden dewberry and aboriginal dewberry. It is native to the United States and Mexico, primarily in the southern Great Plains.

Where it grows

It is native to the United States and Mexico, primarily in the southern Great Plains with additional populations scattered in the eastern US and in Nuevo León.

Other Rubus plants

Allegheny blackberry · Arctic blackberry · Giant Blackberry · Rubus biflorus · Dewberry · Cloudberry · White Stemmed Bramble · Korean Bramble · Rubus coriaceus · Korean Raspberry · Holy Bramble · Delicious raspberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus aboriginum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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