Grow wild in and near my yard. wineberry

[elleng]

[leftieNanner]

1. Are they thimbleberries? nt

[enough]

2. Around here we call them wine berries. NT

[sazemisery]

3. Looks like wineberry

Rubus phoenicolasius

[elleng]

4. YES, you got it!

My neighbor/landlord reminds me, every year.

[WhiteTara]

5. are they good to eat?

They're very pretty.

[elleng]

6. Delicious!

[MLAA]

7. Time to bake a pie, or convince someone to bake it if you deliver the berries!

[elleng]

8. Too few on my bushes, but neighbors have done so in the past,

their triplets (now 20-somethings) collected them from along the path, and baked. The family isn't here now, but MAYBE this weekend.

[MLAA]

10. I'd say you live in a paradise! Birds, deer, berries!

[elleng]

11. TRUE!!!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Ooh wineberries

Delicious little fruits

Got blackberries galore out where I live.
They'll be ready in about a week.

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Invasive species. :(

Eat all you want, just don't help them spread.

[NutmegYankee]

13. Despite how tasty they are, I rip them out.

They are highly invasive and produce bramble patches that are impenetrable for animals because they are so thorny. Connecticut actually has a $100 fine for cultivating them.

I grow the native black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) instead.