About
Rubus cockburnianus, the white-stemmed bramble, is a thicket-forming shrub with arching, prickly shoots with a brilliant-white bloom in winter. Pinnate leaves to 20 cm with dark-green upper surfaces and white-hairy undersides. Racemes of small, purple flowers are followed by rounded, unpalatable, black fruits. Grown principally for its spectacular winter stems � outstanding in a winter garden.
About the genus
Rubus, the brambles, raspberries and dewberries, are deciduous or evergreen shrubs, often scrambling, with bristly or prickly stems bearing simple, lobed, palmate or pinnate leaves and five-petalled flowers followed by juicy, sometimes edible fruits. A diverse genus including many ornamental and fruiting species.
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