A native plant that is quite insistent. It keeps showing up in my gardens. With stems that are more like vines than stems, creeping along the ground. Stems that have little stickers. Stems that form roots when they touch the soil. Making its presence known. Dewberry (Rubus invisus) is native to the eastern and east-central United States. The flowers produce black or deep purple berries very much like the very closely related Blackberry bushes that grow wild and are also native. If I would just give it a chance it would give me berries. Lovely berries much like those on the Blackberry bushes.
I’m ready for an experiment. Let those vines grow under certain conditions. Just see what happens. See how the berries are. I’ve got my fingers crossed. Stay tuned.
2 responses to “Dewberry”
Hi Bren. I have a question. I have these and have called them Dewberries, but mine are ripe when red. The berries are a tad “hairy” and when picked are quite delicate and crush easily, even more so than raspberries. They are sweet. They are mixed in with the wild black raspberries at the edge of my woods in an overgrown area with invasive Japanese honeysuckle and poison ivy. Everything is fighting for supremacy and the sun, but I refuse to use Roundup. It makes wonderful cover for wildlife.
So, do I have Dewberries or something else? Love your pictures.
Nancy
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Hi Nancy! Your description makes me think that perhaps you have Rubus phoenicolasius or the common name, Wineberries . Oh MY! They taste so very good. Too bad they’re not native.
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Bren