Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
An early-blooming thicket shrub whose magenta flowers feed returning hummingbirds and whose orange-to-red berries ripen first of the natives. Vigorous in moist, shady ground.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–12 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- red, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~163 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden, erosion control
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, OR, WA
Related native plants
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