Purple-flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Plant Characteristics:

• Duration: Perennial 
• Habit: Shrub
• Size class: 1-3ft
• Native Habitat: Moist, shady places; woods edges 
• Bloom time: June-August

Growing Conditions 

• Light:
  • Sun, partial shade, shade
• Soil:
  • Moisture: Moist
  • Soil pH: Acidic (pH<6.8)
  • CaCO3 Tol: Medium
  • Description: Gravelly, sandy, or deep forest loams.
• Water Use: 
  • Medium
• Condition comments:
  • spreads rapidly from creeping, underground stems and can become a nuisance, but is a striking plant for large wooded areas
    • Relatively immune to pests and diseases. 
    • Berries are insipid, but edible

Benefits:

• Use by wildlife: Specifically songbirds, gamebirds, and large-small mammals 
• Edible fruit
• Conspicuous flower 
• Fragrant flower 
• Fragrant foliage 
• Attracts birds 
• Specific value to native bees, bumble bees, honey bees
• Use for nesting material by native bees

Drawbacks: 

• Rapid spread