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Rubus odoratus
Also called American bramble, Purple Flowering Raspberry, Purple Flowered Raspberry, Flowering Raspberry, Eastern Maple Leaved Raspberry, Thimbleberry, Eastern Mapleleaf Raspberry
Purple-flowered raspberry (Rubus odoratus) is a thornless, suckering shrub native to eastern North America, grown for its large magenta flowers and long bloom season. Give it partial shade, moist, rich, slightly acidic soil.
Rubus odoratus, the purple-flowered raspberry, flowering raspberry, or Virginia raspberry, is a species of Rubus native to eastern North America. It is sometimes referred to as thimbleberry, a name more commonly associated with the North American R. parviflorus.
The species is native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Wisconsin, and south along the Appalachian Mountains as far as Georgia and Alabama. It is locally naturalized in parts of Washington state, Vermont, and also in Europe, notably southeastern England.
Rubus odoratus is grown as an ornamental plant for its conspicuous flowers and long flowering period.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rubus odoratus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
