Trailing shrub with three leaflets, large white flowers that are very attractive to bees, and delicious fruits that go from red to purple-black when ripe. A common plant in dry to moist woodland understorey. Consider using a small trellis, allowing this plant to climb to facilitate harvest.
Plant Details
| habitat | Forests, thickets, woodlands, and meadows |
|---|---|
| light | Full sun to part shade |
| moisture | Dry to mesic |
| height | Trailing |
| flowering | April to May |
| habit | Deciduous shrub |
| feature | Attracts birds and bees, butterfly host, dioecious, edible fruits |
| companion plants | Bracken Fern, Common Snowberry, Pacific Sanicle, Alaska Oniongrass, Blue Wildrye |
