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Kennedy's blackberry

Rubus kennedyanus

Kennedy's blackberry is a rare, bristly North American bramble in the rose family, native to eastern Canada and the north-central United States. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so care is mainly what suits brambles in cool, temperate climates.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, allowing the top layer to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to cold winters; protect young canes from extreme cold, typically below -20 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Rubus kennedyanus is a rare North American species of brambles in the rose family. It is found in eastern Canada (Québec and Newfoundland) and in the north-central United States (Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin).

Rubus kennedyanus is a bristly shrub. Leaves are compound with 3 or 5 egg-shaped leaflets, each leaflet with a distinctive long, narrow tip at the end. Flowers are in small groups of 1–3.

Other Rubus plants

Bundy Blackberry · Garden dewberry · Thorny dewberry · Windham County Blackberry · Rubus adenophorus · Tropical Highland Blackberry · Peaty dewberry · Alaska blackberry · Allegheny blackberry · Rubus alnifolius · Rubus alpinus · Maine dewberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus kennedyanus 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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