Purple-flowering Raspberry
Rubus odoratus
Also known as: Thimbleberry
Showy 2-inch rose-purple flowers all summer — one of the few thornless brambles. Maple-shaped leaves to 10 inches across. Dry shallow red raspberries are edible but bland. Suckers into colonies.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~163 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Rubus species
- Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
- Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)
- American Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)
- Blackcap Raspberry (Rubus leucodermis)