Emerald Carpet Creeping Raspberry

Because of its spreading habit of growth it is ideally suited for use as a spiller in the spiller thriller filler container combination.

Emerald carpet creeping raspberry.

Butterfly attracting plants culinary plants drought tolerant plants groundcovers pollinator plants medicinal plants xeriscaping plants evergreen perennials cottage garden plants green. Fairly fast growing evergreen groundcover raspberry native to the mountains of taiwan. Emerald carpet creeping raspberry rubus calcynoides. Yellow orange berries are ripe in mid summer and taste good.

Grows 4 to 6 inches high by 18 to 24 inches wide. This durable non invasive variety forms a dense spreading mat of rough textured emerald green leaves that exhibit an attractive burgundy tinge. Plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. It s tough and drought tolerant once established.

Popular cultivars include golden quilt emerald carpet green carpet and formosan carpet. Emerald carpet forms a low dense evergreen groundcover bearing textured dark green leaves through the growing season. Leaves alternate simple broadly oval rounded 2 4 cm long and wide 3 5 lobes base deeply cordate margins undulate and sharply serrate deep green pubescent underneath. The broad leathery dark green evergreen leaves of emerald carpet raspberry make a good ground cover for weed suppression and soil stabilization.

Rubus pentalobus emerald carpet aka emerald carpet creeping raspberry. Creeping raspberry spreads to form a dense carpet but unlike other ground covers such as english ivy will not climb trees or neighboring shrubs. Creeping raspberry adapts well to containers and tumbles easily over rock walls providing a spilling over effect. Evergreen groundcover dense low mat to about 12 inches 30 cm high creeping grows 30 cm yr.

Emerald carpet creeping raspberry. 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. Shoots shaggy pubescent with solitary small recurved prickles. Hardiness zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b.

Flower color is and blooms in summer. Creeping raspberry care contrary to its delicious counterparts creeping raspberry makes an excellent ground cover. Rounded they have 3 5 broad ruffled edged lobes and display felted whitish undersides. Spring bulbs like daffodils can sprout through.

A unique evergreen with dark green puckered leaves that turn burgundy red in fall and white spring blooms. Emerald carpet raspberry makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape but it is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. To keep this plant contained you ll need to use some garden edging. Works best in rock gardens where it creates a dense trailing weed free mat.

Grows in sun to part sun. Metal concrete or brick edging that goes at least 4. Grows in sun or shade.