About
Rubus 'Tummelberry' is a hybrid berry plant that can reach heights of approximately 2 meters. It features bristly stems and produces white flowers, which give way to substantial, hairy, glossy, dark-red fruits that are edible and ripen in the summer.
About the genus
Rubus comprises shrubs that can be either deciduous or evergreen, frequently growing in a scrambling manner. These plants are characterized by their bristly or spiny stems, which support simple, lobed, palmate, or pinnate foliage. The flowers typically have five petals and are succeeded by juicy fruits, some of which are edible.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Fruit Edible, Shrubs
- Habit
- Trailing
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. Mulch with well-rotted compost or manure
- Pruning
- Cut out old canes following fruiting and tie in new canes. See pruning blackberries and hybrid berries
- Propagation
- Propagate by tip layering or from cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, leafhoppers, raspberry beetle and gall mites
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to grey moulds and honey fungus (rarely)