Common Name: Black Raspberry

Latin Name: Rubus occidentalis

Height: 3-6 feet (arching canes)

Duration: Perennial (deciduous shrub with biennial canes)

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: May - June

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Loamy preferred, but adaptable

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Spreads via suckers, tip rooting, and seeds

Host Plant: Striped Hairstreak butterfly; Black Arches Moth, Copper Underwing Moth, many other moths.

Pollinators: Honeybees, bumblebees, mason bees, leaf-cutting bees, cuckoo bees, Halictid bees, Andrenid bees, small butterflies and skippers.

Other Information: Can spread aggressively and form dense thickets if allowed. Berries eaten by numerous birds and mammals. Fruit is edible for humans. Dead canes provide nesting habitat for bees.