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Labrador Tea vs Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Rhododendron groenlandicum (Ledum groenlandicum)
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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.
Labrador Tea is slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the boreal forests of Canada.
It thrives in wet, swampy conditions.
Labrador Tea has narrow, leathery, dark green leaves, topped by a cluster of white flowers in the spring. It is a perfect ornamental shrub for boggy, wet areas of your property.
Thimbleberry Quick Facts
Labrador Tea Quick Facts
Toxicity: slightly toxic if ingested