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Rubus fruticosus
Also called Blackberry, bramble, Blackberry, Bramble Blackberry, Wild Blackberry Complex, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus is an ambiguous name covering European blackberries; the name is used for a species aggregate of many similar bramble species, commonly grown or foraged as scrambling thorny shrubs that bear dark edible berries. Grow them in full sun with space to spread and regular pruning of old canes.
Rubus fruticosus L. is the ambiguous name of a European blackberry species in the genus Rubus (part of the rose family). The name has been interpreted in several ways:
The species represented by the type specimen of Rubus fruticosus L., which is also the type specimen of the genus Rubus. This specimen is considered to match the species R. plicatus, in Rubus subgenus Rubus, section Rubus.
Garden dewberry · Allegheny blackberry · Arctic blackberry · Giant Blackberry · Rubus biflorus · Dewberry · Cloudberry · White Stemmed Bramble · Korean Bramble · Rubus coriaceus · Korean Raspberry · Holy Bramble
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus fruticosus 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
