bramble

rubus fruticosus

• A very familiar, vigorous and thorny scrambling shrub
   
• Flowers are white or pink
   
• Fruit (blackberry) goes from green through-red, to deep purple and finally black when ripe
   

Where found

Common in woodland, hedges, scrub and wasteland

It will grow almost anywhere throughout the British Isles.

When to look for

• Flowers: June-July
   
• Ripe fruit: September