Wineberries
Rubus phoenicolasius
A bramble relation whose canes root wherever their tips touch down — good fruit, but tie it in or it walks.
Light Full sun through to light shade, with shelter if you can give it.
Water Water while it is in flower and again as the fruit swells.
Height 2 m
Spread 6 ft 7 in
Spacing 100 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 3 ft 3 in
- In-row spacing
- 3 ft 3 in
- Between rows
- 6 ft 7 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Fruit · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun through to light shade, with shelter if you can give it.
- Watering
- Water while it is in flower and again as the fruit swells.
- Feeding
- Feed in spring and mulch with compost each year.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- May
- Pruning
- Cut out the canes that have fruited and tie the new ones in.
Through the year
- Apr–May Bud Break
- May–May Flowering
- May–Jul Fruit Set
- Jul–Aug Harvest
- Aug–Oct Growing
- Oct–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Apr Leaf Fall
Companions
Garlic, Marigolds, Tansy
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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