Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
A thornless, big-maple-leaved shrub with crinkled white roses and soft, sweet-tart red berries shaped like thimbles. Spreads to fill moist woodland edges and clearings.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~163 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- AK, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY
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