Are these blackberries?

[chris]

Daft question I know, but bear with me!

They are low growing, perhaps a maximum of 6" off the ground, where as I'm used to brambles growing every which way possible - they have spines, leaves look the same etc, flowers look the same - but the fruit is dull rather than shiny.

Fruit:


Flowers:


Fruit again:


Fruit next to a "normal blackberry"


Normal blackberry for comparison


Could it just be a different cultivar? the fruit inside looked the same, I didn't taste them as they're so low and on what seems to be a common dog walking path/area.

[veggiechicken]

They're dewberries, Chris. Often found in sandy areas!

[Greenfingerpaula]

Ok I'm glad I saw this thread, I've been eyeing up 'blackberries' everywhere including the bottom of my garden backing into the cemetary!!! Will have to keep an eye pulpit for the fruit coming through now cos some of our garden seems to have 'sandy' soil!

What can you do with dewberries VC?


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[veggiechicken]

Use them like blackberries

[chris]

Thanks VC I followed your instruction up in FS and came across those. Found a few young apple trees too! One no more than a foot tall with 9 apples on it!

[veggiechicken]

I thought I recognised them!! Hope it wasn't you who pinched the plums as there were none there when I looked
The apple trees are amazing!! There are more too, further up river on the Morfa. I'm sure they've all grown from apple cores.

[FB.]

They're dewberries, Chris. Often found in sandy areas!

Yes, I agree - dewberries.
They grow wild in damper soil near ponds and lakes round here too (not enough soil moisture in this low-rainfall area for them to grow far from the water's edge).
They tend to be less vigorous, less vicious and mostly ground-creeping compared to blackberries, with that whitish yeasty coating which is sometimes seen on the skin of plums.

[chris]

I thought I recognised them!! Hope it wasn't you who pinched the plums as there were none there when I looked
The apple trees are amazing!! There are more too, further up river on the Morfa. I'm sure they've all grown from apple cores.

I didn't see any plums, but was only there for a short while as I had the kids with me - eldest one was ok but the youngest was getting a bit bored!

I went back a couple of days later and a lot of the apples were on the ground with the odd bite out of them. I did think of you when I saw them on the ground though!