Rubus spectabilis 'Golden Ruby'

Also Known As

Golden Ruby Salmon Berry

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 5'-8'
W: 5'-8'

planting zones

6a-9b

Rubus spectabilis 'Golden Ruby' plant details

Rubus spectabilis 'Golden Ruby' is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with chartreuse and gold foliage. In spring pink flowers emerge followed by orange fruit. Attracts bees, birds and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - low water. Does well in well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Rubus spectabilis 'Golden Ruby'

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: rosaceae
Foliage: deciduous chartreuse and gold
Mature size: 5 FT - 8 FT - wide, 5 FT - 8 FT - tall
Flowers: pink blooms in spring
Uses: naturalizing

GROWING CONDITIONS for Rubus spectabilis 'Golden Ruby'

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - low

Soil needs: well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A plant to brighten the woodland or wild garden, with brilliant chartreuse foliage and rosy pink single rose like flowers in spring. Although not as floriferous as the species, it does produce edible fruit, and is called Salmonberry, not because of the fruit color but because the fruit was usually eaten as an accompaniment to salmon . plants row 4' tall and do spread. Attractive to hummingbirds.

By: Avant Gardens

This golden version of a lovely BC native forms a thicket of deciduous woody stems clothed in lush golden leaves and tipped with deep pink flowers in early spring. Perfect to naturalize in a dappled light woodland or to incorporate into a mixed hedge. Salmonberry is one of the main plants that migrating rufous hummingbirds depend on for their northward spring journey. Help them out in style with 'Golden Ruby'.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

The golden-lime-green leaves of this selection of the NW's native salmon-berry really light up a woodland, all-the-while producing its "standard" 1" hot-pink flowers followed by very edible fall fruit. PSh/Med