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Rubus laciniatus, the cutleaf evergreen blackberry or evergreen blackberry, is a species of Rubus, native to Eurasia. It is an introduced species in Australia and North America . It has become a weed and invasive species in forested habitats in the United States and Canada, particularly in the Northeast and along the Pacific Coast .
The shrub is midwinter flowering with a sweet scent. The small black berries are eaten by birds which disperse the seeds. [6] It is an evergreen shrub growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 1 m (3 ft) broad, with glossy green ovate leaves and honey-scented [7] white flowers in winter, followed by glossy black spherical fruits, 5 mm in diameter. [8]
The berries remain on the shrub for up to a month before falling to the ground. [2] The berries are a dark purple to black color and are a little under a centimeter (0.4 inches) in diameter when ripe. [2] They are edible, [2] but have tartness likely due to their high content of phenolic acids, producing a pH of about 2.6. [6] Vaccinium ovatum ...
These hefty shrubs love full sun and can be found in tall and wide varieties fit for making hedges, or low-growing varieties you can plant in rocky pathways. BUY IT ($20) 26.
Mahonia species bear pinnate leaves 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) long with 3 to 15 leaflets, and flowers in racemes which are 5–20 cm (2.0–7.9 in) long. Several species are popular garden shrubs, grown for their ornamental, often spiny, evergreen foliage, yellow (or rarely red) flowers in autumn, winter and early spring, and blue-black berries.
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Viburnaceae native to most of Europe. [1] Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry. [2] [3] It grows in
'Eva' black lace elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. This cultivar has deeply cut, dark purple foliage; lemon-scented flowers; and dark, blackish-red berries. Zones 4-7
Sarcococca (sweet box or Christmas box) [1] [2] is a genus of 11 species of flowering plants in the box family Buxaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia and the Himalayas. They are slow-growing, monoecious, evergreen shrubs 1–2 m (3–7 ft) tall. The leaves are borne alternately, 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm broad.