Rubus biflorus

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Rubus biflorus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Rubus biflorus, Hamilt. Strong shrub prized in cult. for its glaucous-white canes: reaches 8-10 ft., with arching canes that bear stout, recurved prickles: lfts. 3-5, ovate or oval, incise-serrate, whitish beneath: fls. large and white, 1-3 on drooping pedicels: berry golden yellow or amber-colored, size of the common raspberry, the calyx at first erect, but finally spreading. Temp. Himalaya. B.M. 4678. R.H. 1855:5. Gn. 54, p. 456. Var. quinqueflorus, Focke. A striking plant with sts. reaching 12 ft. high and 4-5 in. circum. at base, covered with a waxy white bloom and therefore very showy, the spines stiff and 1/2in. long: pinnate lvs. about 1 ft. long, the lfts. about 5 and white beneath: panicles terminal and axillary and about 5-fld., the fls. white and 3/4in. across: fr. golden yellow, good. W. China. Gn. 76, p. 624.—A promising fr.-bearing as well as ornamental plant. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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