Emerald Carpet Creeping Raspberry

Grows in sun or shade.

Emerald carpet creeping raspberry.

Rubus pentalobus emerald carpet aka emerald carpet creeping raspberry. Evergreen groundcover dense low mat to about 12 inches 30 cm high creeping grows 30 cm yr. To keep this plant contained you ll need to use some garden edging. Grows 4 to 6 inches high by 18 to 24 inches wide.

Grows in sun to part sun. Yellow orange berries are ripe in mid summer and taste good. Shoots shaggy pubescent with solitary small recurved prickles. Popular cultivars include golden quilt emerald carpet green carpet and formosan carpet.

They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights. Creeping raspberry spreads to form a dense carpet but unlike other ground covers such as english ivy will not climb trees or neighboring shrubs. Moderate to moderately fast growing evergreen groundcover to 4 8 tall x 3 5 wide. Spring bulbs like daffodils can sprout through.

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. Hardiness zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b. Creeping raspberry adapts well to containers and tumbles easily over rock walls providing a spilling over effect. It s tough and drought tolerant once established.

The broad leathery dark green evergreen leaves of emerald carpet raspberry make a good ground cover for weed suppression and soil stabilization. A unique evergreen with dark green puckered leaves that turn burgundy red in fall and white spring blooms. Works best in rock gardens where it creates a dense trailing weed free mat. Plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot.

Flower color is and blooms in summer. Emerald carpet forms a low dense evergreen groundcover bearing textured dark green leaves through the growing season. Emerald carpet creeping raspberry. Rounded they have 3 5 broad ruffled edged lobes and display felted whitish undersides.

This durable non invasive variety forms a dense spreading mat of rough textured emerald green leaves that exhibit an attractive burgundy tinge. Emerald carpet raspberry makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape but it is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Bulbs or other perennials are able to pop up through the foliage to create interesting compositions. Fairly fast growing evergreen groundcover raspberry native to the mountains of taiwan.

Butterfly attracting plants culinary plants drought tolerant plants groundcovers pollinator plants medicinal plants xeriscaping plants evergreen perennials cottage garden plants green. Emerald carpet creeping raspberry rubus calcynoides. Creeping raspberry care contrary to its delicious counterparts creeping raspberry makes an excellent ground cover.