Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs Thimbleberry - TreeTime.ca

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) vs Thimbleberry

Dasiphora fruticosa (Potentilla fruticosa)

Rubus parviflorus

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Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla)
Thimbleberry

Shrubby Cinquefoil is a small, deciduous flowering shrub. This hardy species is densely covered with leaves and produces pale to bright yellow buttercup-shaped flowers terminally on the stems.

Flowering typically occurs from early to late summer. Shrubby Cinquefoil is a popular ornamental shrub choice and is capable of growing on a variety of sites.

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.

Shrubby Cinquefoil (Potentilla) Quick Facts

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Foliage: Soft leaves up to 8 inches across
Fall colour: gold
Flowers: bright yellow cup-shaped
Flowers: white, showy
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, NT, NU
Native to: AB, BC, ON
Other Names: tundra rose
Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry