Scientific Name: Rubus rolfei 'Emerald Carpet'
Common Name: Formosan Carpet rubus, creeping Taiwan bramble
Family Name: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Ground cover
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 5 - 7m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Group or mass planting
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Lustrous, Rugose, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Crenate, Palmately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Jul-Sep
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Orange, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Low spreading evergreen ground cover; leaves 3-5 lobed, orbicular, most 3-5cm wide, very rugose (wrinkled), dark green with greyish, slightly pubescent undersides.