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Labrador Tea vs ThimbleberryLedum groenlandicum Rubus parviflorus ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON (new stock expected: fall of 2021) 
Labrador Tea is slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the boreal forests of Canada. 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 QUICK FACTSTHIMBLEBERRY QUICK FACTS
Zone:
1a
Zone:
4a
Height:
0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Height:
1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread:
0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread:
1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture:
any
Moisture:
any
Light:
any
Light:
partial shade, full sun
Fall colour:
rust orange
Fall colour:
gold
Berries:
edible, red, similar to raspberries
Flowers:
clusters of tiny white flowers which are fragrant, sticky and attractive to insects
Flowers:
white, showy
Growth rate:
slow
Growth rate:
fast
Life span:
short
Life span:
medium
Maintenance:
low
Suckering:
none
Suckering:
none
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: slightly toxic if ingested
Other Names:
thimbleberry, western thimbleberry
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: yes
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: no |