Scientific name: Rubus spectabilis (N)

Common name:  salmonberry

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 1.3-2m wide and tall

Form: Dense, upright

Water use: low

Soil requirements: Acidic, well-drained

Leaf arrangement: Compound. Alternate.

Fall colour: yellow

Flower/cone/fruit description: Perfect pink flowers (singular). Orange/red drupe. Edible.

Limitations: Aggressive and spreads. Can easily become a thicket

Suitable uses: Edible fruit. Restoration.

Quick ID description: Dec. Shrub. Palmately Compound (3 separate parts to them). Alternate. Orange/red drupe. Back two leaflets have lobe, front leaflet doesn’t (back two look like a butterfly when pinched together).