Hardy Edibles

Rosaceae

sawtooth blackberry

Rubus argutus

sawtooth blackberry

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr — CC BY 3.0 · source

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Survives zone 5 through 9

Sweet-tart wild blackberry, good fresh; a parent of several southern US cultivars.

Hardiness
Zone 5 to 9
Habit
Shrub
Edible part
Fruit
Ripens
July–Aug
Mature size
Erect thorny cane 1–3 m
Light
Full sun to partial
Soil pH
6.0–7.0 (near-neutral)
Environment
Temperate
Status
Both wild and cultivated
Years to fruit
2–3 yrs
Pollination
Self-fertile (facultatively apomictic)