General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 2-8 feet
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Bright red, single seeded compound drupes ripen to black.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Southern Blackberry
  • Prickly Florida Blackberry
  • Highbush Blackberry
  • Sawtooth Blackberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rubus argutus
  • Synonym: Rubus americanus

Photo Gallery
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: April 25, 2023
Sawtooth blackberry #431;  RAB p. 540, 97-5-9; LHB p. 523, 95-33-
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: April 25, 2023
Sawtooth blackberry #431;  RAB p. 540, 97-5-9; LHB p. 523, 95-33-
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: April 25, 2023
Sawtooth blackberry #431;  RAB p. 540, 97-5-9; LHB p. 523, 95-33-
Location: Evans, Georgia
Date: 05/19/2020
Wild Sawtooth Blackberry found growing between neighbors and my f
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2013-04-27
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park dam
Date: April 25, 2023
Sawtooth blackberry #431;  RAB p. 540, 97-5-9; LHB p. 523, 95-33-
Location: Northeastern Texas
Date: June, 2010
Ready for picking
Location: Northeastern Texas
Date: April 16, 2010
The wild blackberries bloom in springtime here.
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: June 12, 2023
Sawtooth blackberry #431;  RAB p. 540, 97-5-9; LHB p. 523, 95-33-
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-11
A mockingbird ate this one after i took the photo
Location: Citrus Tract; Withlacoochee State Forest - Citrus co., Florida
Date: 13-MAR-2008
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Citrus Tract; Withlacoochee State Forest - Citrus co., Florida
Date: 13-MAR-2008
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern
Location: Northeastern Texas
Date: April 16, 2010
Lots of blooms
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-28
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-28
fragrant!
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-11
note the red thorns
Location: zone 8/9 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-02-11
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2011-12-06
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-11
red before they ripen to black
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-04-11
YUM!
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