cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/21707244
We forgot that we bought one of these a few years back and just assumed it was totally wild. Looking back at our records we did plant one whip back in 2022 and it's no longer where we put it...so maybe it survived long enough to end up in some animals who then distributed them around the yard.
The pictured grouping is off the back deck.
This doesn't look like a thimbleberry, this looks like a black raspberry patch. I had a million patches of them around my house growing up and made tons of jam and pies from them. Thimbleberries are different, they're larger, softer, red when ripe and never black, grow on larger leafed plants, and grow further north.
Bonus photo lol
Nice. I have some black raspberries that grow in my backyard and they should be ripe in a few weeks. I'm going to make so many jars of jam. Do you have any plans for these?
TIL there are two berries called thimbleberries.
These are the ones indigenous to our area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_parviflorus
You sure that's a thimbleberry? Those are usually red and wider. Looks like black raspberries to me.
IIRC, those types of berries are an amalgam of fruits, similar to sunflowers, etc, right? They look delicious, and bonus points for sharing with your feral neighbors! 🤩
That's one of the coolest berries I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing! 💚
Damn, those look delicious. I should get some someday soon if possible. Been years since the last time I had any, and they sound kinda good right now.
How far from the original planting, could it have spread by rhizomes without leaving out enough to be noticed?
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