Creeping Raspberry
Rubus rolfei
Rosaceae · vine groundcover · introduced
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Creeping raspberry (Rubus rolfei), also called crinkle-leaf creeper, is a broadleaf shrub in the Rosaceae family native to Taiwan and the Philippines. It is a low, creeping groundcover producing paired or solitary white flowers approximately 1 inch across.
Creeping raspberry is hardy in zones 7a-8b and prefers full sun to part shade. Thirty-one diseases are documented with no pest records. Detailed site preferences require further enrichment from authoritative sources.
Plant Profile
Size & Form
Growth Rate
Medium
Site Requirements
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Drainage
Well Drained
Water
Moderate
Drought Tolerance
Moderate to high
Hardiness
Zones 7a–8b
Ornamental Interest
Fall Color
Brown
Origin
Taiwan and the Philippines
Watch for this season
Powdery MildewHigh
Active Conidial Spread
Root Colonization Period
Anthracnose (Shade Trees)Moderate
Active Infection & Secondary Spread
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
+ 2 more — see full disease and pest lists below
Diseases: Regionally Documented (29)
Discula destructiva (dogwood), Kabatiella and Discula spp... Anthracnose Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot [VERIFY] Blackberry Collapse Blackberry Rust Cane and Leaf 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 Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Multiple obligate biotrophic fungi (Erysiphales: Erysipha... Powdery Mildew Thrips tabaci Purple Blotch Septoria spp. Septoria Leaf Spot Xenodidymella applanata Spur Blight 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 Fruit Rot and Cane Botrytis 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
Cultivars (1)
'Emerald Carpet'
Data Maturity Structured Multiple sources. Expert review underway.