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Few Flowered Bramble

Rubus nigricans

Few Flowered Bramble
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain

Rubus nigricans is a European scrambling bramble in the rose family, closely related to blackberries, and is grown mainly as a hedgerow or wild shrub rather than a garden feature. It is best left in hedgerows or given a sunny spot with room to scramble.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during dry spells in the first year, then it needs little extra.
Soil
Any moderately fertile, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; tolerates cold winters.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Europe
Climate
temperate

About

Rubus nigricans is a European species of bramble. The junior synonyms R. pedemontanus and R. bellardii have been more widely used in the published literature.

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 nigricans 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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