Arctic Raspberry

Rubus arcticus Origin: Russia Improvement status: Wild Seeds per packet: ~20 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Perennial Also called Arctic Bramble, Nectarberry, and Nagoonberry (from its Tlingit name, neigóon, meaning “jewel" ), this slow-growing groundcover is a cold-loving, thornless member of the rose family that makes delicious red fruit (and also has beautiful pink-purple flowers!). Rubus arcticus’ natural habitat has unfortunately shrunk as peatlands have. It ranges throughout the northern hemisphere’s circumboreal regions, including Alaska, Minnesota, Mongolia, Estonia, Scandinavia, and Russia, where our seed lot this year comes from (care of the good folks at Sheffield’s Seeds in Locke, NY). In Russia, this special raspberry is called knyazhenika, meaning "berry of princes.” The deep-red fruit is a delicacy and makes excellent jam, jelly, liquor, tea, wine, and much more. It also has a wide range of traditional medicinal uses.GROWING TIPS: Soak seeds in wa