When does Cutleaf Blackberry bloom in Washington?

Most often in June. Across 76 dated, research-grade observations of Rubus ulmifolius in Washington, the flowering season runs roughly June.

Peak June In flower 76 Examined 263 State Washington

Flowering 76 in flower of 263 examined

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67%

12%

11%

Proportion of examined Rubus ulmifolius in Washington in flower, by month
Month	In flower	Examined	Share	95% interval
Jan	0	13	0%	0% to 23%
Feb	0	3	too few examined
Mar	0	14	0%	0% to 22%
Apr	0	14	0%	0% to 22%
May	0	20	0%	0% to 16%
Jun	37	41	90%	77% to 96%
Jul	30	45	67%	52% to 79%
Aug	5	42	12%	5% to 25%
Sep	2	26	8%	2% to 24%
Oct	1	21	5%	1% to 23%
Nov	0	15	0%	0% to 20%
Dec	1	9	11%	2% to 44%

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Rubus ulmifolius in Washington observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 76 of 263 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. One month has fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for it. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.wt38fd.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a record of when people in Washington found Rubus ulmifolius in flower, not a forecast. It is computed only from observations made in Washington, so it is not the species’ global average dragged onto a map: the same plant flowers on different dates in different places, and that is the entire point of the page.

It will not tell you what your particular plant will do this year. Bloom time moves with the season, with altitude, and with the weather, and a warm February pulls everything forward. We publish the distribution and the sample size, and we refuse to draw a month that too few people examined.

The plant

Rubus ulmifolius

Cutleaf Blackberry

Sourcesevery claim on this page

GBIF (iNaturalist Research-grade Observations). Dated flowering annotations in Washington. Every record achieved iNaturalist quality grade Research, which is applied upstream at export. 10.15468/dl.wt38fd. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
World Flora Online Plant List. The accepted name. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.