Formosa Carpet Raspberry Edible

Edible berry bushes can be used as individual specimen plants or lined up as hedges.

Formosa carpet raspberry edible. Succeeds in deep shade. White flowers with amber fruits in late spring. Also it s hardy. Easily grown in a good well drained loamy soil in sun or semi shade.

Under 6 tall 18 24 spread. Fruit is edible but not worth seeking out. Taiwan creeping raspberry origin ecology. Leaves turn wine purple when exposed to cold temperatures in the open.

Flowers small white usually solitary followed by amber raspberry like fruits. The formosa carpet raspberry can be found creeping in the grasslands and thickets of taiwan. The fruits look just like red raspberries but are distinct in color. Alternate flowers and fruit.

There is also a low growing raspberry formosa carpet that is evergreen and spreads to form a mat ground cover. Plants are evergreen in most climates but they can lose their leaves in severe winters. Low growers can be used as ground covers or edging plants. Creeping raspberry also produces edible fruit right after the early summer bloom.

Creeping raspberry bears aggregate fruit with each fruit a cluster of small seed bearing parts connected together. Formosa carpet raspberry hardy sweet juicy rubus calycinoides 4 pot. The formosan carpet raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of. Rubus calcynoides is a fast and low growing wide spreading attractive groundcover that suppresses weeds produces edible berries and provides year round visual interest with its leaves that change colors with the season.

The fruit is different from the raspberries we re used to but it is tasty.