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Rubus laegaardii

Rubus laegaardii is a scrambling bramble from the Andes of Ecuador, known only from the wild and rarely grown in gardens. It is a member of the raspberry and blackberry genus, so it likely needs the cool, moist, well-drained conditions typical of montane Rubus species.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist without waterlogging, and water more in dry spells.
Soil
Fertile, humus-rich, well-drained loam.
Temperature
10–22 °C; protect from frost and temperatures below 0 °C.
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
montane tropical

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Rubus laegaardii is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

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 laegaardii 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.

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