Groundcover raspberry rubus pentalobus emerald carpet.
Formosa carpet ground cover raspberry.
Therefore it s not very well suited to being a ground cover.
The creeping raspberry rubus pentalobus isn t a prostrate version of the common raspberry plant but is a low growing ground cover with deep green semi evergreen leaves and bright white flowers.
Formosa carpet raspberry hardy sweet juicy rubus calycinoides 4 pot.
The formosa carpet raspberry can be found creeping in the grasslands and thickets of taiwan.
Rubus hayata koidzumii commonly known as creeping raspberry is often listed incorrectly as rubus calycinoides or rubus pentalobus.
Succeeds in deep shade.
There is also a low growing raspberry formosa carpet that is evergreen and spreads to form a mat ground cover.
Plants are evergreen in most climates but they can lose their leaves in severe winters.
Not many ground covers are this willing to adjust.
It spreads 12 24 outward per year on each cane like stem.
They all flower in summer and bear nice raspberry like fruits.
Rounded they have 3 5 broad ruffled edged lobes and display felted whitish undersides.
Low maintenance and a great addition to our gardens.
In the meantime i did some research and discovered.
We get quite alot of snow this winter was down to 15 below zero.
These rubus species are evergreen and ground covering spreading and making an excellent cover in sun partial or deep shade.
Lyons perfect for hot dry erodible slopes or a ditch where moisture fluctuates this groundcover thrives in difficult spots other plants can not tolerate.
From taiwan this ground cover has delicious aggregate fruits that range.
They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights.
Creeping raspberry produces white flowers in summer but these flowers can often get lost amidst the dense and rich foliage.
In addition to its attractively textured evergreen foliage and low maintenance nature it also produces little edible yellow orange raspberries that are quite delicious.
At maximum height it can reach a foot tall but it often stays in a thick 6 mat along the ground.
I live in zone 5.
Anfisa kameneva eyeem getty images.
Groundcover raspberry rubus nepalensis 5 00.
Rubus calycinoides creeping raspberry is an evergreen groundcover forming a dense carpet adorned with long spreading branches clothed in lustrous emerald green thickly textured leaves.
The fruit is different from the raspberries we re used to but it is tasty.
On apr 19 2006 rachele from revelstoke canada wrote.
White flowers with amber fruits in late spring.
The formosan carpet raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of.
