Virginia raspberry
Rubus odoratus, Hardiness : Zone 4
Other names
Purple-flowered raspberry, flowering raspberry
Category
Ornamental shrub
Availability
Features
Height X Width
1.5m X 1.5m
Foliage
Reddish green
Flowering
Pink to dark purple
Edible parts description
Like a raspberry
Resistances
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Sun exposure
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Soil type
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Edible parts
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Pollination
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Images
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Description, from Wikipedia

Rubus odoratus, the purple-flowered raspberry, flowering raspberry, or Virginia raspberry, is a species of Rubus, 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.

Rubus odoratus is a shrub growing to 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with perennial, not biennial, stems (unlike many other species in the genus). Also, unlike most other related species this plant does not have thorns. The leaves are palmately lobed with five (rarely three or seven) lobes, up to 25 cm (10 inches) long and broad, superficially resembling maple leaves. The flowers are 3–5 cm (1.2–2 inches) in diameter, with five magenta or occasionally white petals; they are produced from early spring to early fall. The red edible fruit matures in late summer to early autumn, and resembles a large, flat raspberry with many drupelets, and is rather fuzzy to the touch and tongue.

This species is occasionally referred to as thimbleberry, a name more commonly associated with fellow North American species Rubus parviflorus.