White-stemmed bramble
Now here’s a plant that offers some pretty super-duper drama in the winter garden. The white-stemmed bramble (Rubus cockburnianus) makes a lovely ghostly thicket (shown here against the fading leaves of a larch), and it looks pretty super for the rest of the year, with golden foliage.
It’s a shame that the silly little fruits that this bramble produces aren’t edible, otherwise this would make a perfect vegetable patch highlight. Still, you can’t have everything, can you?
Vital stats
Location:
Light, sandy soil
Light:
Full sun
When to plant:
Mid-winter
What can I expect from this plant?
Height:
2 metres
Spread:
2 metres
Flowers:
Purple flowers in mid-summer
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When I see these in big gardens they look gorgeous but I cant quite bring myself to plant a bramble in my garden!
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I’ve seen these brambles planted en masse at Anglesey Abbey winter garden in cambridgeshire-they look amazing. Its a good place to visit in Winter for a bit of a lift when you can’t do any gardening yourself, especially good at snowdrop time.
this is a good winter plant indeed, especially with a frost that causes them to glisten…they do spread though once they get going..
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