Bramble
Bramble
Shrub
The thorny tangle that gives us blackberries — and whose arching canes 'walk' across the ground, rooting where their tips touch down.
💡 Fun Facts
- This is the thorny tangle that gives us blackberries in late summer.
- Its arching canes can 'walk' across the ground — where a tip touches down, it roots and starts a new plant.
- Bramble is really hundreds of almost-identical microspecies all lumped together.
📅 Through the Year
- Flowering:May to August
- Fruiting:July to October
Name Story
Rubus fruticosus
means “the shrubby, bushy one”
What does its name mean?
- Rubus — bramble, blackberry bushLatin — linked to ruber, 'red'
- fruticosus — shrubby, bushy, full of shootsLatin frutex, 'shrub, bush'
Bramble's name simply means 'the bushy one' — and no name could be truer for this tangle of thorny, arching stems. In fact 'bramble' is an umbrella for hundreds of slightly different kinds, all close cousins.