Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Rubus armeniacus

YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!!!! You may wonder why blackberries are expensive...go blackberry picking and you'll find out why. It's DANGEROUS!!! Blackberry bushes are covered with thorns and there is no way to avoid getting stabbed and scratched. However, the resulting berries are well worth the blood loss!! Steve and I haven't made jam or jelly yet, but every season we make several cobblers, pies, and dozens of delicious scones! At this moment, we have cobbler and scones in the refrigerator! Blackberry season is the BEST! :D

A collage is the perfect way to show the progression of a blossom to ripe berry! I had such a fun time taking pictures of the different stages! :)

I really loved how this picture turned out, showing how pretty blackberries appear in the first stage after the blossoms fall and the berry begins to form!

The wonderful blackberry, a beautiful flower which results in my favorite berry! Many hate this bush because it is so hard to remove when unwanted, but for people like Steve and me, blackerry blossoms have us dreaming about the upcoming berries and the yummy treats! All my life, my family has loved blackberries. My mom and I used to go blackberry picking near our summer cabin in northern California, and mom would make the most amazing jams and jellies, pancakes, pies and cobblers! Steve and I were very happy to find that there are blackberries growing on our property, and every year we enjoy a bountiful harvest from July through September! All hail the great blackberry! HUZAH!! HUZAH!! HUZAH!!! :D This species is native to Armenia and southwest Asia. It was introduced as a cultivar in many places around the world and immediately spread all over. It's a very common species in the Pacific Northwest, where it can be found wherever there it a source of water, especially along creeks and rivers. If you would like to know more about this yummy berry plant, Wiki has a great page here: Wiki: Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)