Wild fruit shrub which can be cultivated in gardens, edges and hedges. Medicinal properties. The edible fruit is used to make jam, cakes and liquors. It has diuretic properties, buccal and astringent ones.
Evergreen up to 2.5 m with few pinky flowers. Oval and serrated leaves. The fruit is a blackberry.
It adapts very well to any types of soils.
Dig a hole at least two or three times as wide and deep as the root ball. Take out the plant from the container and loosen roots to allow them to spread out in all direction. Cut possible broken roots. Mix the soil extracted with a substrate and fill part of the hole with the mixture obtained. Place the plant in the hole and cover with the remaining mixture. Compact the soil around the plant and water thoroughly.
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Flowering |
Climate Zone | Mediterranean, Temperate areas |
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Flower colour | Pink |
Foliage | Evergreen |
Foliage color | Green |
Fruit color | Black, Red |
Hardiness | Hardy, No drought resistant |
Peculiarity | Thorny |
Plant use | Barrier hedge, Climber, Edges, Fruit production, Game-covers, Medicinal, Restoration, Walls, fences, Wild garden |
Soil - Moisture | Moist |
Soil - Ph | Alkaline, Neutral |
Soil - Type | No preference |
Sunlight - Exposure | Sun |