Rubus parvifolius seed

LATIN NAME: RUBUS PARVIFOLIUS

COMMON NAME: Small-leaved Bramble

The small-leaved bramble arches the low, prickly shrub with the slender, arching canes and the small, grey-green, white-felted leaves with the three to five leaflets, the small, pink to purple flowers in the loose clusters, the small, red, juicy berries following. It spreads steadily into the dense, tangled thicket, and it stands the dry, sunny banks well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The small-leaved bramble crops up in the ethnobotanical records of the East Asian Rubus, and the parvifolius species appears in the studies of the wild raspberry relatives and the felted-leaf forms. The work looks at the way the arching canes root at the tips, the small berry chemistry, and the seed biology. The botanists keep the berry value in view, and the growers of the wild-fruit and groundcover plants list the bramble in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the hedgerows, the small-leaved bramble weaves the prickly canes through the sunny banks. The pink flowers open through the early summer, the red berries feed the birds, and the plant makes the fine wild-fruit thicket, the bank stabiliser and the jam plant. It takes well to the light, well-drained, sunny ground. Prickly-caned, berry-bright and hedgerow-born.

To grow the Small-leaved Bramble from seed, rub the seeds lightly between sandpaper sheets before sowing them.

Rub the seeds lightly between sandpaper sheets before sowing them, and keep the young canes in the open, sunny spot. The red berries ripen through the warm season. in pots of sandy compost, keep the pots lightly watered, and the young canes get away once the roots hold. The red berries ripen through the warm season.