RUBUS ODORATUS-Raspberry

Category:Shrub Breeder:American Beauties Native Plants Hardiness Zone:3-8 Height:3-6 ft Spread:6-12 ft Bloom Color:Purple Shades Foliage Color:Green Shades Looking for a tough, easy to grow border planting that offers beauty and attracts a plethora of wildlife? Why not try Flowering Raspberry, an aggressive growing plant that will grow in the toughest of landscape spots while providing enough bloom and fruit to make you and your valued garden critters happy. Flowering Raspberry has a wide, flowing manner with sweeping long canes covered with deep green, nearly star shaped foliage. Fragrant, 2" diameter purple flowers nestle amidst this foliage throughout the summer from late June through August attracting a host of native insects, butterflies and hummingbirds to sample their nectar. As flowers fade, deep purple, thimble-shaped berries appear and are greedily gobbled up by birds, critters, and humans alike! Its sprawling form must be given adequate room in the landscape but it provides great shelter for loads of birds while tolerating infertile, sandy soils in sun or partial shade with ease. » Highly valued food source for birds and butterflies » Berries feed game birds, large and small mammals » Large pinkish purple flowers bloom in mid-summer » Thornless canes, showy, edible fruit » Will spread so give it some room to grow