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Stone Bramble

Rubus saxatilis

Also called Greenland Thornless Blackberry

Stone Bramble
Photo: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0

Stone bramble is a low, spiny, runner-forming bramble native across Eurasia and Greenland, grown mainly for its small red berries. It likes moist woodland edges and clearings, so give it damp, partly shaded or open conditions.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in dry spells; it likes moisture.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold temperate winters; protect young plants in severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Greenland, Europe to Russian Far East and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Rubus saxatilis, the stone bramble or roebuck berry, is a species of bramble widespread across much of Eurasia.

Where it grows

It is widespread across Eurasia from Iceland and Spain east as far as China. It has also been found in Greenland.

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 saxatilis 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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