Bush Raspberry (Aussie)

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Native Bush Raspberry – Rubus parvifolius

Known as:

Native Raspberry (most common)

Bush Raspberry

Small-leaf Bramble

Creeping Raspberry (less common, sometimes confused with Rubus calycinus)

Japanese Bramble (used more overseas)

Australian Bramble (used occasionally)

Asian Bramble (reflecting its range across Asia-Pacific)

This ground-hugging native raspberry seems easier to grow than Atherton raspberry. It sends out low trailing canes that root where they touch soil, forming a dense, thorny groundcover. The small red berries are juicy and sweet, ripening through summer. Flowers attract pollinators, and fruit feeds birds and lizards. Tolerates drought once established, and thrives in poor soils, clay or sandy. Great for kids’ gardens, bush tucker patches, or soil stabilisation.

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Features:

Ideal prune height: 30 cm to 1 m

pH growing conditions: 5.5–7.5

Sun or shade: Full sun to dappled shade

Minimum pot (year 5): 20 L

Time to fruit (seed): 2–3 years

Interesting notes: Fruits on second-year canes. Edible leaves used in traditional teas. Grows naturally across much of eastern and southern Australia. Evergreen in my garden.

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