10 THIMBLEBERRY PLANTS 10-14" Tall
LIVE PLANTSUSDA ZONES 3-8Plant will be cut back before shipping.Resembling a raspberry, this childhood memory can reshipped right to your door! These plants are thornless and tropical looking. Thimbleberry fruits are smaller, flatter, and softer than raspberries, and have many small seeds. Like many of the other Pacific Northwest berries, thimbleberry was commonly eaten by the Native Americans. Thimbleberry is a superb source of vitamins A and C with traces of potassium, calcium and iron.This berry helps to boost the immune system.The young shoots, roots and leaves have been used to treat many ailments. A tea is made of the leaves or roots as a blood tonic in the treatment of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and dysentery. Its effects are believed to tone and strengthen the stomach helping increase appetite. Both the leaves and the bark of these plants have astringent properties.Plant will be cut back before shipping.