Emerald Carpet Creeping Raspberry

Evergreen groundcover dense low mat to about 12 inches 30 cm high creeping grows 30 cm yr.

Emerald carpet creeping raspberry.

They may turn raspberry red with the onset of cool fall nights. Moderate to moderately fast growing evergreen groundcover to 4 8 tall x 3 5 wide. Fairly fast growing evergreen groundcover raspberry native to the mountains of taiwan. This durable non invasive variety forms a dense spreading mat of rough textured emerald green leaves that exhibit an attractive burgundy tinge.

Flower color is and blooms in summer. Emerald carpet creeping raspberry rubus calcynoides. Emerald carpet creeping raspberry. It s tough and drought tolerant once established.

A unique evergreen with dark green puckered leaves that turn burgundy red in fall and white spring blooms. Hardiness zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b. Grows in sun or shade. Plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot.

Emerald carpet raspberry makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape but it is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Creeping raspberry spreads to form a dense carpet but unlike other ground covers such as english ivy will not climb trees or neighboring shrubs. 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. 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.

Rubus pentalobus emerald carpet aka emerald carpet creeping raspberry. Shoots shaggy pubescent with solitary small recurved prickles. Emerald carpet forms a low dense evergreen groundcover bearing textured dark green leaves through the growing season. The broad leathery dark green evergreen leaves of emerald carpet raspberry make a good ground cover for weed suppression and soil stabilization.

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

Spring bulbs like daffodils can sprout through. Popular cultivars include golden quilt emerald carpet green carpet and formosan carpet. Metal concrete or brick edging that goes at least 4. Yellow orange berries are ripe in mid summer and taste good.

Butterfly attracting plants culinary plants drought tolerant plants groundcovers pollinator plants medicinal plants xeriscaping plants evergreen perennials cottage garden plants green. Bulbs or other perennials are able to pop up through the foliage to create interesting compositions. Creeping raspberry care contrary to its delicious counterparts creeping raspberry makes an excellent ground cover.