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Salmonberry in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rubus Spectabilis

 

Salmonberry

Salmonberry is a fruiting plant native to west coastal areas of North America, mainly grown for the flowers, although it does bear edible fruit.The red fruit are borne on a bramble, usually thorny, and are similar to raspberries in form, and with a sweet flavour, ripe in late Summer to early Autumn. Salmonberry blossom is pink, and can be single or double.The fruit is very attractive to wildlife.

 
plant Features
  • Salmonberry likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Salmonberry likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Salmonberry is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Salmonberry likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Salmonberry

Latin name

Rubus Spectabilis

type

Fruiting Plant

family

Rosaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Salmonberry likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Salmonberry is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Salmonberry likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Salmonberry likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

  •  
    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Salmonberry is 0.60meters x 2.00meters 0.60 M 2.00 M

Rubus Spectabilis

Salmonberry is a fruiting plant native to west coastal areas of North America, mainly grown for the flowers, although it does bear edible fruit.The red fruit are borne on a bramble, usually thorny, and are similar to raspberries in form, and with a sweet flavour, ripe in late Summer to early Autumn. Salmonberry blossom is pink, and can be single or double.The fruit is very attractive to wildlife.


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

Pink single or double flowers blossom before the fruit.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Winter TO Early Spring

Plant pot grown salmonberries in the soil after digging in plenty of well rotted manure or compost into the soil first.

 

Propagation by Hardwood Cuttings

From Early Winter TO Late Winter

Take hardwood cuttings of up to .3m from this years growth, making a clean from above a shoot and remove any soft growth. Nearly fill a container with fine grit at the bottom, to enable free draining, and a suitable compost. Place the cutting, having dipped he end in a rooting compound first, with a third of the cutting showing.

 

Harvesting

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Pick when the fruits are ripe.

 
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