Description
Upright, multi-stemmed shrub with thornless stems; it spread by rhizomes.
Slightly pubescent leaves with 3-5 lobes and fragrant, large, showy white flowers followed by edible raspberry-like, soft fruits.
The Thimbleberry was used by the First Nations groups in various ways (berries, leaves, boiled bark).
It is a good shrub for wildlife gardens, hedges, naturalizing areas.
Germination: various propagation studies for this species indicate that ‘seeds’ (actually the pyrenes) soaked in water for 24 h and kept at 2C for 4-5 months germinate best. In translation, it natural conditions it may need 2 cold cycles (2 winters) to germinate. Keep your pots for 2-3 years (like for all Rubus species; the pyrenes have a very hard endocarp and no germination will happen until it wears down). Scarification of some sort will improve the germination even better.
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