Formosa Carpet Ground Cover Raspberry

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Formosa carpet ground cover raspberry.

Rubus hayata koidzumii commonly known as creeping raspberry is often listed incorrectly as rubus calycinoides or rubus pentalobus. It spreads 12 24 outward per year on each cane like stem. Groundcover raspberry rubus pentalobus emerald carpet. White flowers with amber fruits in late spring.

On apr 19 2006 rachele from revelstoke canada wrote. 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. In the meantime i did some research and discovered. Low maintenance and a great addition to our gardens.

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. Groundcover raspberry rubus nepalensis 5 00. The formosa carpet raspberry can be found creeping in the grasslands and thickets of taiwan. The fruit is different from the raspberries we re used to but it is tasty.

We get quite alot of snow this winter was down to 15 below zero. The formosan carpet raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of. Easily grown in a good well drained loamy soil in sun or semi shade. There is also a low growing raspberry formosa carpet that is evergreen and spreads to form a mat ground cover.

From taiwan this ground cover has delicious aggregate fruits that range. They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights. Spring 2005 planted rubus emerald carpet in just one year this ground cover is rapidly filling areas that were targeted. Creeping raspberry produces white flowers in summer but these flowers can often get lost amidst the dense and rich foliage.

These rubus species are evergreen and ground covering spreading and making an excellent cover in sun partial or deep shade. Not many ground covers are this willing to adjust. 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.

I contacted hirt s and requested to have the original order filled or if the plant was unavailable to receive a full refund. Therefore it s not very well suited to being a ground cover. They all flower in summer and bear nice raspberry like fruits. In addition to its attractively textured evergreen foliage and low maintenance nature it also produces little edible yellow orange raspberries that are quite delicious.

Plants are evergreen in most climates but they can lose their leaves in severe winters. Lyons perfect for hot dry erodible slopes or a ditch where moisture fluctuates this groundcover thrives in difficult spots other plants can not tolerate.