How to grow thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
When to plant thimbleberry
Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Thimbleberry is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- spreads by suckers
- soft seedy fruit
Sources
- OSU Landscape Plants (Oregon State University Department of Horticulture): Rubus parviflorus (Thimbleberry / Western Thimbleberry)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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