Rubus — 187 species

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Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. According to the Flora Europaea this species is native to Britain, but it is not in The Flora of the British Isles. This species is very closely related to Rubus pallidus.

Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Succeeds on chalky soils. Rubus caesius hybridizes with the true blackberries, and in that way numerous minor species have arisen of intermediate character.

Rubus cissoides is not very hardy outside the milder regions of the temperate zone - it can succeed outdoors in the mildest areas of Britain, for example, but even there can require the protection of a warm sunny wall. Succeeds in most fertile soils. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in a sunny position.

Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. According to Edees & Newton not native to Great Britain, but naturalized and 'evidently of horticultural origin'. This species is one of the many micro-species of blackberry, and is cultivated in parts of western and central Europe.

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Rubus ellipticus

Family: Rosaceae

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Rubus ellipticus is able to tolerate a variety of habitats from the warm temperate zone, where it experiences frosts, to tropical areas, where it is often found at higher elevations. Although found typically in sparsely colonized low rainfall sites in its native South and East Asia, it is also widely distributed through a variety of moisture habitats ranging from dry mountain slopes to the margins of lower and mid-elevation rice fields, whilst the var. obcordatus grows vigorously in wet lowland sites along pond banks, as well as in heavily forested to drier montane habitats at 1,000 - 2,500 metres up to 3,000 metres. In Hawaii, the only place to which it has been introduced where it has been recognized as a noxious weed, it occurs at about 1,300 metres elevation with an annual rainfall of 400mm.

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Rubus eriocarpus

Family: Rosaceae

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Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

Rubus flagelliflorus is found in the warmer regions of the temperate zone and into the subtropics of central and southern China. It can tolerate occasional, short-lived temperatures falling to around -10°c. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Prefers a sheltered semi-shady position. Unlike most Rubus species, this is a slow-growing plant, forming a slowly-spreading mat of growth.

Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus.

Rubus microphyllus is native to the temperate and warm temperate regions of central and southern Japan, where it experiences light frost and snow, but winters are generally fairly mild. It is not hardy in the colder regions of the temperate zone. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus. Rubus nivalis is recognized by its creeping, prickly stems, simple to ternate, evergreen leaves, broadly elliptic to ovate stipules, two leaflets, relatively small flowers, and magenta to pink petals.

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Rubus niveus

Family: Rosaceae

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Rubus niveus grows in subtropical or cool tropical climates with a well-distributed medium to high rainfall. In general this species is not very tolerant of frost, though one report says that selected provenances can succeed outdoors in the milder regions of the temperate zone. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus. Rubus pascuus is probably more widespread than indicated here.

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Rubus rhamnifolius

Family: Rosaceae

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Rubus rigidus

Family: Rosaceae

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Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

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Rubus rolfei

Family: Rosaceae

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Rubus rolfei is native to higher elevations in the subtropical and tropical zones of Taiwan and the Philippines. It has proved to be hardy in the milder regions of the temperate zone. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

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Rubus rosa

Family: Rosaceae

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Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Some authorities consider this species to be no more than a synonym of Rubus alumnus. The plant produces apomictic flowers, these produce fruit and viable seed without fertilization, each seedling is a genetic copy of the parent.

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Rubus roseus

Family: Rosaceae

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A plant of higher elevations in the tropics. In Ecuador it is found in areas where several temperate fruit crops (including apples (Malus domestica) and pears (Pyrus communis)) are grown, and so it may be suitable for growing at least in milder regions of the Temperate zone. Easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade.

Species in this genus are generally easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade. Plants in this genus are notably susceptible to honey fungus.

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