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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Wild Blackberry
  • Bramble
  • Blackberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rubus cochinchinensis
  • Synonym: Rubus fruticosus

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Date: 2023-03-09
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-08-30

Date: 2023-03-09
Location: Granite Falls, WA
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: My Cape Cod garden
Date: 2020-07-25
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-04-21

Date: 2024-04-18
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-08-30
Location: My berry patch. 
Date: 2023-03-07

Date: 2024-03-12

Date: 2024-04-18
Uploaded by RadlyRootbound
Uploaded by jmorth

Date: 2024-03-12
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Neshoba County, MS
Date: 2018-06-19
Ripe and unripe blackberries on the vine
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-04-21
Blooms at peak of season blanket wild spaces and road sides
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: 2020  summer
Rubus fruticosus      Overlooking the Beaver Valley
Location: Neshoba County, MS
Date: 2018-04-18
Blackberries in Bloom
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-03
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-06-20
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-09-16
Location: central Illinois - Sangchris St Park
Date: 9-27-14
Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 22, 2012 1:26 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and light grey pollen for honey bees. They also get honeydew from this plant.
Plant Events from our members
CharleyRed On July 25, 2021 Obtained plant
"obtained" when I found them under the weeds
TomatoNut95 On April 26, 2023 Fruit Ripened
Fruits are ripening and it's time to harvest daily.
TomatoNut95 On March 10, 2023 Cuttings stuck
A small plant I dug up and potted. Given rooting hormone.
TomatoNut95 On March 10, 2023 Bloomed
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