Dewberry Plant

Dewberry is a popular Fruiting Shrub that grows throughout North America and Northern Europe. This plant is part of the rose family, with over 250 subspecies. They are closely related to blackberry and raspberry, also part of the rose family.

This Shrub Attracts Birds

Like its cousins, they produce a delicious fruit that can be eaten raw, baked into pies, or turned into jam. They flower between June and September. Their berries emerge in late March or May. When ripe, the berries are dark purple to black.

Although they are sometimes mistaken for blackberries, dewberries are sweeter and have fewer seeds than blackberries. They are a popular food among humans and many animal species, including birds, raccoons, mice, and opossums.

Like other members of the Rose family, They are pretty hardy. They thrive in hardwood forests, fields, and meadows. A unique feature of it is its stems, which can sprout roots if they arch over and touch the ground. Most of its species are dioecious, meaning the plants are male or female.

Dewberry Plants reach a height Of 1.5 – 7 Ft

The leaves are lobed or compound in shape and have five petals. The shrub's flowers are usually large and white. The petals are long and round and sometimes pointed at the end. The plant's stems are biennial, and they are either arch-shaped or branched. They're often blue and can have a gray-toned waxy bloom. Although all varieties of it produce berries, some species produce sweeter berries than others. Because of their hardy nature and berries, dewberry shrubs are often grown commercially.

The dewberry is durability and delicious berries also make dewberries popular for cross-breeding. The most common combinations are dewberries with Raspberries or Blackberry Shrubs. Hybrid dewberry-raspberry shrubs produce berries less sweet than raspberries but slightly sweeter than dewberries. The berries produced by dewberry-blackberry hybrid plants look similar to dewberry shrubs but are lighter in color.

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