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Creeping Raspberry 'Formosan Carpet' (Rubus pentalobus): Evergreen Ground Cover

Creeping raspberry 'Formosan Carpet', also called creeping rubus or crinkle-leaf creeper, is a low, spreading, evergreen ground cover with textured, lobed, dark green leaves that turn bronze in winter. It produces white flowers in spring followed by edible, orange-red berries.

Creeping raspberry Formosan Carpet foliage

Creeping raspberry Formosan Carpet flowers

Creeping raspberry Formosan Carpet berries

Creeping raspberry Formosan Carpet plant

Botanical Profile

Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Rubus
Species:	pentalobus
Cultivar:	Formosan Carpet
Also known as:	Emerald Carpet
Synonym:	Rubus calycinoides

This plant thrives in sun to part shade and well-drained soil. It's drought-tolerant once established. Excellent for slopes, erosion control, and as a lawn alternative. The berries are edible but not prolific. Very low maintenance.

Groundcovers: Georgia Blue Speedwell (Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'): Low Carpet of Spring Blue; Elfin Thyme (Thymus praecox 'Elfin'): Tiny Carpet for Between Stones; Ajuga 'Valfredda' (Chocolate Chip Bugleweed): Miniature Foliage; Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens): Aggressive Wetland Native; Pilea nummulariifolia: Creeping Charlie – Trailing Houseplant with Round Scalloped Leaves; Rubus pentalobus: Creeping Raspberry – Textured Foliage and Edible Fruit; Veronica repens: Creeping Speedwell – Tiny Blue Flowers on a Mossy Mat; Veronica repens 'Sunshine': Creeping Speedwell – Golden Foliage with Blue Flowers; Geranium incanum (Carpet Geranium); Cerastium tomentosum 'Silver Carpet': Snow-in-Summer

Garden Articles

Prostrate Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus'): Trailing Herb

Ranunculus repens 'Pleniflorus': Double Creeping Buttercup – Golden Pompoms for Damp Ground

Thymus serpyllum: Wild Thyme – The Classic Aromatic Ground Cover

Stachys byzantina 'Silver Carpet': Lamb's Ear – Non-Flowering Silver Foliage Ground Cover

Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii 'Orange Carpet': California Fuchsia – Hummingbird Magnet

Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple': Creeping Phlox – Purple Carpet for Spring Shade

Microbiota decussata: Siberian Carpet Cypress – Feathery Green Foliage Turns Bronze in Winter

Plants

Prostrate Rosemary 'Huntington Carpet' (Rosmarinus officinalis 'Huntington Carpet'): Low-Growing Culinary Herb

Gypsophila repens 'Rosea' (Creeping Baby's Breath)

Oxalis corniculata 'Rubra' (Creeping Wood Sorrel)

Antirrhinum hispanicum 'Avalanche' (Creeping Snapdragon)

Creeping Mahonia (Mahonia repens): Four-Season Native Groundcover

Sedum album 'Coral Carpet': White Stonecrop

Gypsophila repens 'Alba': Creeping Baby's Breath