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Double Delight Raspberry vs Thimbleberry

Rubus parviflorus

Rubus x Double Delight

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Thimbleberry
Double Delight Raspberry

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.

Double Delight raspberries have an excellent sweet-sour flavor. They freeze well and are suitable for use in jams, juices, and pies.

The Double Delight Raspberry is a primocane-fruiting variety, meaning that it produces fruit on first years' growth. Prune stalks down each winter or early spring to get higher fruit yields and easier harvesting.

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

Double Delight Raspberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: gold
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Berries: large, red
Harvest: August-September
Flowers: white, showy
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Maintenance: high
Suckering: none
Suckering: high




Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry