Formosa Carpet Ground Cover Raspberry

In addition to its attractively textured evergreen foliage and low maintenance nature it also produces little edible yellow orange raspberries that are quite delicious.

Formosa carpet ground cover raspberry.

White flowers with amber fruits in late spring. Succeeds in deep shade. On apr 19 2006 rachele from revelstoke canada wrote. Anfisa kameneva eyeem getty images.

There is also a low growing raspberry formosa carpet that is evergreen and spreads to form a mat 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. Rubus hayata koidzumii commonly known as creeping raspberry is often listed incorrectly as rubus calycinoides or rubus pentalobus.

Not many ground covers are this willing to adjust. Creeping raspberry produces white flowers in summer but these flowers can often get lost amidst the dense and rich foliage. Easily grown in a good well drained loamy soil in sun or semi shade. The formosan carpet raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of.

Groundcover raspberry rubus pentalobus emerald carpet. I live in zone 5. At maximum height it can reach a foot tall but it often stays in a thick 6 mat along the ground. They all flower in summer and bear nice raspberry like fruits.

The formosa carpet raspberry can be found creeping in the grasslands and thickets of taiwan. In the meantime i did some research and discovered. We get quite alot of snow this winter was down to 15 below zero. They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights.

Low maintenance and a great addition to our gardens. 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. I contacted hirt s and requested to have the original order filled or if the plant was unavailable to receive a full refund.

From taiwan this ground cover has delicious aggregate fruits that range. The fruit is different from the raspberries we re used to but it is tasty. Spring 2005 planted rubus emerald carpet in just one year this ground cover is rapidly filling areas that were targeted. Rounded they have 3 5 broad ruffled edged lobes and display felted whitish undersides.

Lyons perfect for hot dry erodible slopes or a ditch where moisture fluctuates this groundcover thrives in difficult spots other plants can not tolerate. These rubus species are evergreen and ground covering spreading and making an excellent cover in sun partial or deep shade.