Hardy Edibles

Rosaceae

fu pen zi / Chinese raspberry

Rubus chingii

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Survives zone 6 through 9

Ripe fruit is a decent orange-red raspberry — sweet-tart, small, pleasant fresh. The dried unripe fruit (fù pén zǐ) is a traditional Chinese materia medica item, not an eating fruit — sour and astringent.

Hardiness
Zone 6 to 9
Habit
Shrub
Edible part
Fruit
Ripens
Ripe fruit early summer; ⚠ the medicinal article is picked unripe (green-yellow), May–June
Mature size
Arching deciduous shrub 2–3 m; containerable
Light
Full sun to partial — forest margin
Soil pH
5.5–7.0
Environment
Temperate to subtropical montane
Status
Both wild and cultivated
Years to fruit
2–3 yrs
Pollination
Self-fertile