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Blackcurrant vs ThimbleberryRibes nigrum Rubus parviflorus SOLD OUT SOLD OUT
Blackcurrant is a medium-sized shrub producing delicious, deep purple to black sweet berries suitable for jams, jellies, syrups and cordial. Thimbleberry is an ornamental shrub with large, green maple-like-leaves. Flowers are attractive, fragrant, and turn into red-raspberry-like berries. The berries are good for jams, cakes, breads, muffins etc. If you remove the berry, the core resembles a thimble, giving this shrub its namesake. BLACKCURRANT QUICK FACTSTHIMBLEBERRY QUICK FACTS
Fall colour:
gold
Flowers:
white, showy
Growth rate:
fast
Growth rate:
fast
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Other Names:
european black currant
Other Names:
thimbleberry, western thimbleberry
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