Thimbleberry vs Chippewa Blueberry - TreeTime.ca

Thimbleberry vs Chippewa Blueberry

Vaccinium x Chippewa

Rubus parviflorus

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Chippewa Blueberry
Thimbleberry

Chippewa Blueberry is the perfect shrub for attracting birds and butterflies. Incredibly cold-hardy, the Chippewa Blueberry is an upright shrub making it easy for harvesting. Known for producing high yields of large blue-colored berries, this blueberry is a favourite for fresh eating, baking, and preserves. As with all blueberries, the Chippewa needs soil with a low pH and high acidity.

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.

Chippewa Blueberry Quick Facts

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

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Zone: 3a
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
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: Soft leaves up to 8 inches across
Fall colour: red and orange
Fall colour: gold
Flowers: white, pink tinged
Flowers: white, showy
Berries: edible blue
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Firmness: firm
Flavor: sweet, juicy
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, ON
Other Names: chippewa half high blueberry, half high blueberry
Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry