See also: Alder and willow

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    Blackberry is evil.

    If it is not native to your country don’t plant it! Nothing eats it, grows extremely quickly and is very hard to get rid of.

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      8 hours ago

      Rubus Ursinus (Pacific blackberry) and Allegheniensis and a few others are native to the US. They’re still prickly but not evil, we have some in the backyard and the turkeys love them.

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        5 hours ago

        I’m in NZ, of there is a naive blackberry, I’ve never heard of it. But we have a lot of blackberry in this country, it all sucks.

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        They are spreading seeds… That is the point of the berries.

        Nothing eats the plant.

        Even goats, which famously will eat blackberry, will eat anything else first.

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      If I ever did get one, I’d probably want to grow it indoors anyway, if that’s even possible. I’m more a city person and dont especially desire living somewhere with lawn space to maintain