Comments on: Brambles (Rubus fruticosus) http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/ A blog about woodland activities, outdoor skills and conservation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Managing hedgerows. | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-11384 Managing hedgerows. | The Woodlands.co.uk Blog Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:34:07 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-11384 [...]   Hedgerows provide vital food, in the form of a variety of berries – sloes, haws, blackberries etc,  for small mammals and birds (redwings, blackbirds) and hedgerow flowers support pollinating [...] [...]   Hedgerows provide vital food, in the form of a variety of berries – sloes, haws, blackberries etc,  for small mammals and birds (redwings, blackbirds) and hedgerow flowers support pollinating [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-3774 Chris Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:54:29 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-3774 A photograph might help Was it just partially ripened ? What about cloudberry? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_chamaemorus This has an orange fruit. A photograph might help
Was it just partially ripened ?
What about cloudberry? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_chamaemorus
This has an orange fruit.

]]> By: Pat McGuire http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-3773 Pat McGuire Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:49:29 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-3773 Hi'please can you help me identify a plant i found recently whilst out walking in the Greenock area of Scotland, it was a Rubus but the fruit was a destinctive orange colour it is aggregate and the leave has five parts, it was a blackberry but orange. Hi’please can you help me identify a plant i found recently whilst out walking in the Greenock area of Scotland, it was a Rubus but the fruit was a destinctive orange colour it is aggregate and the leave has five parts, it was a blackberry but orange.

]]> By: adl http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-3209 adl Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:44:04 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-3209 i have brambles --- blackberries i have beautiful leaves but just had a harvest of only 2 blackberry fruits. should I fertilize or not what type of soil is required. someone told me bad soil.pls advise i have brambles — blackberries i have beautiful leaves but just had a harvest of only 2 blackberry fruits. should I fertilize or not what type of soil is required.
someone told me bad soil.pls advise

]]> By: Derek http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-2964 Derek Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:22:43 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-2964 for extra blackberries I decided to grow a thornless variety, and bought a plant from www.gardeningexpress.co.uk, it's done really well this year, but so have all the local hedgerows, so got them coming out of our ears! nevermind, plenty for the freezer. Perhaps if you have trouble finding them locally growing wild, you should try a plant in the garden? for extra blackberries I decided to grow a thornless variety, and bought a plant from http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk, it’s done really well this year, but so have all the local hedgerows, so got them coming out of our ears! nevermind, plenty for the freezer. Perhaps if you have trouble finding them locally growing wild, you should try a plant in the garden?

]]> By: Chris http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-2109 Chris Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:49:35 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-2109 Had not come across that use until you mentioned it; a quick search revealed http://www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/basicbasket.htm complete with details on how to get rid of the prickles etc ! Regards Had not come across that use until you mentioned it; a quick search revealed
http://www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/basicbasket.htm
complete with details on how to get rid of the prickles etc !
Regards

]]> By: colin brown http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/flora-and-fauna/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 colin brown Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:46:03 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/plants-flowers/brambles-rubus-fructicosus/#comment-2087 can you advise me. i underst and that the bramble used to be used in weaving. unfortunately i cannot find any information on this subject. can you help thanks can you advise me.

i underst and that the bramble used to be used in weaving. unfortunately i cannot find any information on this subject.

can you help

thanks

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