Formosa Carpet Ground Cover Raspberry

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Formosa carpet ground cover raspberry.

Spring 2005 planted rubus emerald carpet in just one year this ground cover is rapidly filling areas that were targeted. 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. Succeeds in deep shade. The fruit is different from the raspberries we re used to but it is tasty.

The formosan carpet raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of. Anfisa kameneva eyeem getty images. At maximum height it can reach a foot tall but it often stays in a thick 6 mat along the ground. Low maintenance and a great addition to our gardens.

Rubus hayata koidzumii commonly known as creeping raspberry is often listed incorrectly as rubus calycinoides or rubus pentalobus. Creeping raspberry produces white flowers in summer but these flowers can often get lost amidst the dense and rich foliage. They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights. The formosa carpet raspberry can be found creeping in the grasslands and thickets of taiwan.

They all flower in summer and bear nice raspberry like fruits. We get quite alot of snow this winter was down to 15 below zero. Rounded they have 3 5 broad ruffled edged lobes and display felted whitish undersides. It spreads 12 24 outward per year on each cane like stem.

In the meantime i did some research and discovered. Groundcover raspberry rubus nepalensis 5 00. On apr 19 2006 rachele from revelstoke canada wrote. There is also a low growing raspberry formosa carpet that is evergreen and spreads to form a mat ground cover.

Groundcover raspberry rubus pentalobus emerald carpet. Formosa carpet raspberry hardy sweet juicy rubus calycinoides 4 pot. In addition to its attractively textured evergreen foliage and low maintenance nature it also produces little edible yellow orange raspberries that are quite delicious. Easily grown in a good well drained loamy soil in sun or semi 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. Not many ground covers are this willing to adjust. I live in zone 5. From taiwan this ground cover has delicious aggregate fruits that range.

Plants are evergreen in most climates but they can lose their leaves in severe winters. White flowers with amber fruits in late spring.