Purple Flowering Raspberry #3 (Rubus odoratus)

A very ornamental raspberry with fragrant, 2″ wide fragrant pink flowers for weeks in the summer. Its leaves are large and showy.  Host to 151 species of Lepidoptera. Red berries are edible although often thought of as dry. A suckering shrub with hairy stems but no thorns. Best to prune right after fruiting.

• Full Sun to Part Shade
• Average to Moist Soil 
• 3-6′ Tall x 6-12′ Wide
• Blooms For Weeks in the Summer
• Pink Blooms Followed by Red Berries
• Zone 3
• Ohio Native