Flowering Raspberry Purple-flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
Rosaceae · broadleaf deciduous shrub · introduced
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Plant Profile
Size & Form
Height
3–6 ft
Spread
8 ft
Growth Rate
Medium
Site Requirements
Light
Full Sun to Shade
Soil Drainage
Moist
Soil pH
4.5-8.5
Water
Moderate
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Ornamental Interest
Bloom Time
June to August
Fall Color
Yellow
Origin
eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Michigan
Watch for this season
Powdery MildewHigh
Active Conidial Spread
Root Colonization Period
AphidHigh
Peak Population & Dispersal
Anthracnose (Shade Trees)Moderate
Active Infection & Secondary Spread
+ 5 more — see full disease and pest lists below
Diseases: Regionally Documented (30)
Phragmidium rubi-idaei Yellow Rust Xenodidymella applanata Spur Blight Multiple obligate biotrophic fungi (Erysiphales: Erysipha... Powdery Mildew Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Fruit Rot and Cane Botrytis Many commercial Boron Deficiency Discula destructiva (dogwood), Kabatiella and Discula spp... Anthracnose Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot [VERIFY] Blackberry Collapse Blackberry Rust Kalmusia coniothyrium Cane Blight Agrobacterium tumefaciens Crown and Cane Gall Multiple obligate oomycetes (Peronosporaceae); species ar... Downy Mildew Monilinia rubi Dry Cell (Dry Berry) Syndrome Phytophthora cactorum Fruit Rot Thrips tabaci Purple Blotch Septoria spp. Septoria Leaf Spot Anthophora dendrobii or Botryotinia fuckeliana Stamen Blight Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Seimatosporium lichenicola Ascospora Dieback Raspberry bushy dwarf virus (RBDV) + raspberry leaf mottl... Crumbly Fruit Described as Dry Berry Pseudomonas Blight Tomato ringspot Ringspot Symptom category — not a single disease Root Rot Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Various plant-parasitic nematode genera Nematodes Xiphinema americanum and related species Nematode, Dagger Pratylenchus penetrans (primary) and P Nematode, Root-lesion
Pests: Regionally Documented (12)
Tetranychidae Spider mite Aphidoidea Aphid Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila Agrilus cuprescens Rose stem girdler Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Pennisetia marginata Raspberry crown borer Raspberry Beetle Raspberry Fruitworm Looper Tortricidae Leafroller Phyllocoptes gracilis Dryberry mite Noctuidae Cutworms and Armyworms Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug
Data Maturity Structured Multiple sources. Expert review underway.