Raspberry

Raspberry

  • Highly productive – one plant yields many canes
  • Sweet-tart aromatic fruit
  • Summer-bearing (one large crop)
  • Perennial (canes live 2 years)
  • Requires trellis support

Botanical Name: Rubus idaeus
Format: Berry cane plant (potted or bare-root)

Raspberry is a productive cane berry with aromatic red fruit for fresh eating, desserts, and jams. Red raspberries are among the most beloved summer fruits – sweet, tart, and intensely fragrant. The plants send up new canes (primocanes) each year, which produce fruit in their second year (summer-bearing) or first year (everbearing). This listing is for summer-bearing red raspberry (e.g., ‘Heritage’ or ‘Latham’), which produces one large crop in early to mid-summer. Sell as a garden-ready berry plant for raised beds or rows. Raspberries are easy to grow and highly productive.

Taste note: Sweet-tart, aromatic, intensely fruity.

Key Highlights
Feature Details
Light Full Sun
Plant Spacing 2–3 ft apart; rows 6–8 ft apart
Plant Height 4–5 ft (trellised)
Planting Time Spring (bare-root) or any season (potted)
Hardiness USDA Zones 4–8
Propagation Rooted cane
Fruit Season Early to mid-summer
Self-fertile Yes

Raspberries need full sun, fertile well-drained soil, and good air circulation. They are shallow-rooted and require consistent moisture. Plant in raised beds if drainage is poor. Trellis support is required – train canes on wires or a fence. Summer-bearing varieties fruit on second-year canes (floricanes). After harvest, cut the old, fruited canes to the ground. New canes (primocanes) will grow that year and fruit the following summer. Mulch heavily to suppress weeds (raspberries hate competition) and retain moisture.

  1. Remove Packaging– Unpack bare-root or potted canes.
  2. Check the Soil– Keep roots moist (bare-root: soak in water for 1–2 hours before planting).
  3. Adjustment Period– Plant immediately.
  • Location: Full sun. Tolerates partial sun but less fruit.
  • Soil & Drainage: Well-drained, pH 5.5–6.5.
  • Feeding: Balanced fertilizer in early spring; compost mulch.
  • Watering: Consistent moisture (1–2 inches per week). Avoid wetting leaves.
  • Pruning: After harvest, cut old canes to ground. In late winter, thin new canes to 4–6 per foot.
  • Trellis: Use two wires at 2 ft and 4 ft heights.

Harvest when fruit easily separates from the core (receptacle). Raspberries do not continue ripening after picking – pick only fully red berries. Eat fresh, in desserts, jams, or freeze.

Raspberry canes shipped potted or bare-root. Free shipping over $50.

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  • Zones:4–8. Not suitable for hot, humid zone 9+.
  • Pruning:Essential for annual fruiting. Do not skip.