Acquiring Rose and Berry plants - Ask Extension
Hello!
I am working with the Burns Paiute Tribe. We are trying to plant some thornless roses, thornless upright blackberries, and thornless raspber...
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Acquiring Rose and Berry plants #868937
Asked May 17, 2024, 4:56 PM EDT
Hello!
I am working with the Burns Paiute Tribe. We are trying to plant some thornless roses, thornless upright blackberries, and thornless raspberries. Ideally we'd like native species, if they exist. I was having a hard time identify which nurseries would be able to offer these plants. Do you have any recommendations of where we might find them?
Thank you!
All the best,
Jenna
Harney County Oregon
Expert Response
Hello, your best bet on locating native plants may be to contact the closest chapter of the OR Native Plant Society. For roses, raspberries and blackberries, thornless varieties are the result of breeding- native types almost always have thorns. The thimbleberry, a close relative of blackberries that is native to Oregon, does not have thorns, but its fruit is usually not considered tasty.
Here are the two native caneberries you might be able to find: Rubus ursinus, the Pacific blackberry, is usually very thorny. It has many common names.
The black cap raspberry, Rubus leucodermis, also has many thorns.
This site is especially helpful in distinguishing the different cane berries found in Oregon. There are many that are naturalized, so found in the wild, but not native to Oregon.
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/rubus-ursinus
I hope you find this helpful, Nicole
Here are the two native caneberries you might be able to find: Rubus ursinus, the Pacific blackberry, is usually very thorny. It has many common names.
The black cap raspberry, Rubus leucodermis, also has many thorns.
This site is especially helpful in distinguishing the different cane berries found in Oregon. There are many that are naturalized, so found in the wild, but not native to Oregon.
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/rubus-ursinus
I hope you find this helpful, Nicole