Date Photo Taken: 08/18/2012
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posted By: lauriemac
Notes:
This weed has taken over! It grows to over a foot tall with thorns. The leaves grow three to a branch. It spreads from shoots that grow up out of the roots. Many many roots – that are about 5 or 6 inches below the surface.
stone Unregistered says:
Black berry.
Good luck digging this native out.
While the blackberry is a valuable native fruiting plant with medicinal properties, those thorns and running root system makes it a thug in a garden setting.
August 21st, 2012 at 6:39 amlauriemac Unregistered says:
It has never had a berry – and I have been digging it up. It’s tough.
August 21st, 2012 at 4:48 pmWalter Reeves The Georgia Gardener says:
hmmm….leaves don’t look like a blackberry to me
August 21st, 2012 at 7:17 pmCan you repost with pix of the thorns and roots?
stone Unregistered says:
You get flowers and fruit on second year canes.
When keeping all the berry plants dug, you won’t see the berries…. But you sure do see a lot of re-growth of the plants.
Try leaving a plant in an out of the way location, and in the Spring, you will see the blooms, followed by berries around June.
August 24th, 2012 at 7:06 pmlauriemac Unregistered says:
Will post photos of roots and thorns in a day or so when I can. Can I put them here or do I start again?
August 25th, 2012 at 4:25 pm