Scientific name: Rubus parviflorus (N)

Common name:  thimbleberry

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 3

Mature height and spread: 3-5m wide and tall

Form: Oval. Arching.

Water use: Low

Soil requirements: well-drained. Dry, rocky.

Leaf arrangement: Simple. Alternate.

Fall colour: green/yellow; not great

Flower/cone/fruit description: Red drupe (raspberry like). Perfect white flowers (singular); showy.

Limitations: Rhizomes; spreading. Informal habit (large and floppy).

Suitable uses: Mass plantings, border. Edible fruit. Very adaptable.

Quick ID description: Dec. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Large leaves, serrate, palmately lobed (5). Red fruit (looks like raspberry). Leafy stipules. Fuzzy leaves. No thorns.