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Ghost Bramble in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rubus thibetanus 'Silver Fern'

 

Ghost Bramble

'Siver Fern' is a medium-sized, erect thicket forming deciduous shrub with silver-white spiny stems and silvery pinnate leaves. Clusters of red/purple flowers are followed by black, blackberry-like inedible fruits

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plant Features
  • Ghost Bramble likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Ghost Bramble likes very little water

    Very little water

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Ghost Bramble likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Ghost Bramble

Latin name

Rubus thibetanus 'Silver Fern'

type

Fruiting Plant

family

Rosaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Ghost Bramble likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

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

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Ghost Bramble likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Ghost Bramble likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Ghost Bramble is 0.60meters x 2.50meters 0.60 M 2.50 M

Rubus thibetanus 'Silver Fern'

'Siver Fern' is a medium-sized, erect thicket forming deciduous shrub with silver-white spiny stems and silvery pinnate leaves. Clusters of red/purple flowers are followed by black, blackberry-like inedible fruits


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Mid Summer

Pink/white blossom before the fruit.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Winter TO Early Spring

Plant pot grown blackberries 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. Lovely in pies and other puddings or for making jam with.

 
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