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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Rubus henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-henryi/). Accessed 2025-02-15.

Family

  • Rosaceae

Genus

Glossary

axillary
Situated in an axil.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
glandular
Bearing glands.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Rubus henryi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/rubus/rubus-henryi/). Accessed 2025-02-15.

Rubus henryi

The three-lobed leaves of Rubus henryi are distributed along slender stems armed with a few spines. Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 15 October 2017. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

An evergreen, elegant, scandent shrub, growing 20 ft high where support is available; stems slender, cord-like, armed with a few spines. Leaves three-lobed, 4 to 6 in. long, glabrous above, covered beneath with a close white felt; stalk 1 to 11⁄2 in. long; lobes of varying depth but usually reaching about three-fourths down the blade, narrow (from 3⁄4 to 1 in. wide at the base), tapering to a long fine point, finely toothed. Flowers pink, of little beauty, 3⁄4 in. across, borne six to ten together in terminal and axillary racemes 3 in. or so long; petals and sepals of about equal length, the latter covered with glandular hairs, and ending in a tail-like point. Fruits shining black, 1⁄2 in. wide.

Native of Central and W. China; first discovered near Ichang by Henry, in whose honour it is named. Introduced by Wilson in 1900. It is mainly represented in cultivation by:

Rubus henryi

The luminous three-lobed leaves of Rubus henryi are covered with a close white felt on the underside. Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 22 February 2021. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi

Close up on the underside of the three-lobed leaves of Rubus henryi. Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 22 February 2021. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi

Discovered by Henry near Ichang in western Hubei, Rubus henryi could be an elegant scandent shrub if given adequate support. Here in Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 27 October 2021. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi

The flowers of Rubus henryi are distributed in terminal or axillary racemes. Flowers are white, fading to pink. Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 27 October 2021. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi

Close up of the pink flowers of Rubus henryi. Arboretum Wespelaar (number DIV 11215), Haacht, Belgium. 27 October 2021. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

var. bambusarum (Focke) Rehd.

Synonyms
R. bambusarum Focke

Leaves composed of three distinct leaflets, which are narrowly lanceolate, 2{1/2} to 5 in. long, {3/8} to {3/4} in. wide, on stalks {1/8} in. or less long. Native of Central China and, like the typical state, discovered by Henry and introduced by Wilson in 1900. It is notable for its elegant and rapid growth. When trained up a pillar or similar support, its slender branches arch outwards in all directions. Growths 10 to 12 ft long are made in one season. The panicles of black fruits, 3 to 5 in. long, are also handsome. Bot. Mag., n.s., t. 33. It is perfectly hardy and received a First Class Certificate when exhibited by Messrs Veitch in 1907.

Rubus henryi var. bambusarum

The leaves of Rubus henryi var. bambusarum, resembling those of some bamboos, are composed of three distinct leaflets which are narrowly lanceolate with a felted white underside. Meise Botanical Garden (number 19850304), Belgium. 21 February 2009. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi var. bambusarum

The characteristic white underside of Rubus henryi var. bambusarum leaves. Each leaf is composed of three distinct leaflets. Meise Botanical Garden (number 19850304), Belgium. 30 November 2013. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Rubus henryi var. bambusarum

The three leaflets of Rubus henryi var. bambusarum are narrower than those of the type. Meise Botanical Garden (number 19850304), Belgium. 30 November 2013. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

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