This is not the Thimbleberry we are familiar with, which is Rubus parviflorus, which grows in wooded roadsides in northern Michigan and C...Read Morealifornia, and has only delicious red berries and no thorns. Wish you could only call these Wild Black Raspberry or Black-Cap and not Thimbleberry. I would hate to order a Thimbleberry plant and end up with one of these.
A plant with good food attached to it. Has some thorns that arent too bad. It can compete fairly decently, and berried nicely in a woods ...Read Morenext to my house until garlic mustard annihilated it.
Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) | October 2008 | positive
Zone 4 hardy for sure - they are very common in Anoka Country Minnesota in sandy soil - their fruits change from red to almost black, giv...Read Moreing them the look of blackberries, giving them that name. They will grow in shade or sun, rooting themselves by having their top fall over and touch the ground. They fruits much better in more sun but they seem to resent being in too open an environment in the wild, prefering woodland edge and opening. Maybe they root poorly in thick grasses? Hard to tell about zone 3a - maybe they thrive in areas with more neutral or basic soil, with 3b a maybe - other raspberries species and allies like thimbleberry seem to replace them further north at least in Minnesota.
these plants grow very well in the wild, i have picked large berries from these plants. i love the unique flavor of the berries, very swe...Read Moreet and refreshing. i think that this plant is a wonder and i have never seen the berries sold in a grocery store here.
Benton County, MO (Zone 5a) | November 2007 | positive
My home is surrounded by woods with these plants grwoing all around and I love them! The fruit is usually pretty sour, but they make gre...Read Moreat jellies, syrups, etc. They self spread, but do not seem to be terribly invasive. I wouldn't mind more of them! Great food for the animals too!
Also known as Jewel Black Raspberry. This is a vigorous, erect plant that adapts well to many areas. It grows in zones 5 - 8. Plants a...Read Morere resistant to disease and are consistently productive.
This is not the Thimbleberry we are familiar with, which is Rubus parviflorus, which grows in wooded roadsides in northern Michigan and C...Read More
A plant with good food attached to it. Has some thorns that arent too bad. It can compete fairly decently, and berried nicely in a woods ...Read More
Zone 4 hardy for sure - they are very common in Anoka Country Minnesota in sandy soil - their fruits change from red to almost black, giv...Read More
these plants grow very well in the wild, i have picked large berries from these plants. i love the unique flavor of the berries, very swe...Read More
My home is surrounded by woods with these plants grwoing all around and I love them! The fruit is usually pretty sour, but they make gre...Read More
Also known as Jewel Black Raspberry. This is a vigorous, erect plant that adapts well to many areas. It grows in zones 5 - 8. Plants a...Read More