| Scientific Name: | Rubus ursinus x idaeus |
| Common Name: | boysenberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Semi-evergreen, Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Irregular, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Rugose, Elliptic, Ovate, Double serrate, Incised, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Purple, Dark-red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spreading or trailing habit (or tied to trellis); leaves alternate, pinnately compound, (1-)3-7 leaflets, ovate, most 4-15cm long x 3-7cm wide (terminal one the largest with the longest petiolule), margin double serrate in distinctive pattern, prickles scarce and small, stipules on petiole; blackberry-like aggregate of drupelets but larger, dark maroon. | |