Taiwan Creeping Raspberry Starter Plugs – Evergreen Ground Cover with Edible Berries

Establish a large area of attractive, spreading ground cover at a lower cost with Taiwan Creeping Raspberry starter plugs. Each plug is a one-year-old rooted cutting, making it a budget-friendly option for mass plantings, slopes, borders, and landscape projects.

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Plant Details

• Common name: Taiwan Creeping Raspberry

• Botanical names: Rubus pentalobus, Rubus calycinoides, also known as Rubus hayata-koidzumii

• Plant type: Dense, spreading evergreen ground cover

• Plant age: One-year-old rooted cuttings

• USDA hardiness zones: 6–10

• Foliage: Coarse-textured, dark green, lobed leaves that turn reddish bronze in winter

• Flowers: White

• Fruit: Yellow to salmon-colored edible berries

Features and Landscape Uses

Taiwan Creeping Raspberry forms a durable, dense carpet of spreading foliage. Its attractive leaves provide year-round ground coverage, while white flowers are followed by colorful edible berries.

This versatile ground cover is deer-resistant and attracts butterflies and other pollinators.

Great for:

• Large-area ground cover

• Slopes and erosion control

• Garden edging and borders

• Rock gardens

• Green roof plantings

• Xeriscaping and landscape projects

Planting and Spacing

These starter plugs offer an economical way to establish a larger planting.

• Plant approximately 1–2 feet apart for quicker coverage.

• With suitable growing conditions, closely spaced plants may fill the area in approximately 2–3 years.

Actual coverage time depends on growing conditions, watering, and spacing.

Growing Conditions and Care

Light: Full sun to part shade.

Soil: Adaptable to well-drained soil, preferably acidic to neutral. Avoid excessively dry soil.

Water: Provide adequate moisture while plants establish and avoid allowing the soil to become too dry.

Important Seasonal Ordering Information

Fall and winter orders: We do not recommend ordering starter plugs during fall or winter unless you have a greenhouse or live in USDA Zone 9 or warmer. There may not be enough time for these young plants to establish roots before cold weather arrives.

If you are ordering for a future planting date, please let us know when you would like us to ship.

Shipping Information

Price includes packing and shipping.

Free shipping is available to most locations. Larger boxes and shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, and locations considered remote may require an additional freight surcharge.

If temperatures at the destination are warmer than 89°F or colder than 20°F, we will hold the order until temperatures improve.

All plants are inspected for quality before shipment. If your plants arrive damaged, please message us promptly and include photos of the package and plants so we can help resolve the issue.

Please contact us before ordering if you have any questions.

Wholesale quantities: Ask us about pricing for larger wholesale orders.

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