About

Rubus tricolor, the Chinese bramble, is a prostrate evergreen shrub with red-bristly shoots bearing glossy, shallowly lobed, dark-green leaves with white-hairy undersides. Small, white flowers in summer are followed by edible, red fruit. An excellent and ornamental ground-cover bramble for a shaded, moist border or bank.

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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