Rubus barbatus
a perennial woody deciduous member of the Rubus genus in the family Rosaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
Uses
Edible uses
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Fruit - raw or cooked.
- Plant part
- Fruit
Material uses
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A purple to dull blue dye is obtained from the fruit[3].
- Product or use
- Dye
Environment
- Habitat
- Not known
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- light shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - requires stratification and is best sown in early autumn in a cold frame. Stored seed requires one month stratification at about 3°c and is best sown as early as possible in the year. Prick out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle and grow on in a cold frame. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring of the following year. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame[4]. Tip layering in July. Plant out in autumn. Division in early spring or just before leaf-fall in the autumn[4].
Cultivation
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Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade[1][2][4]. This plant was supplied to us as R. barbatus with no indication as to who was the author of the name. Two species have been found that have used this name, R. barbatus. Edgew. ex Rehd. is given as a synonym of R. nepalensis, whilst R. barbatus. Fritsch. is given but without a description. This plant is not R. nepalensis so is assumed to be R. barbatus. Fitsch[K]. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus[4].
References
F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951-00-00
Bean. W. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Murray 1981-00-00
Grae. I. Nature's Colors - Dyes from Plants. MacMillan Publishing Co. New York. 1974-00-00 ISBN 0-02-544950-8
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5