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Wild Raspberry in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rubus idaeus

 

Wild Raspberry

Raspberries, which are usually perennial, have canes each year on which the fruit is borne from the second year. The fruit is is red, sweet and tart, and some varieties ripen in Summer, and some in Autumn. Wild raspberries are similar in many ways to cultivated raspberries, except they have smaller berries, which are ripe from Summer to Autumn.

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plant Features
  • Wild Raspberry likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Wild Raspberry likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Wild Raspberry is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Wild Raspberry likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Wild Raspberry

Latin name

Rubus idaeus

type

Fruiting Canes

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Wild Raspberry likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Wild Raspberry is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Wild Raspberry likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Wild Raspberry likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Wild Raspberry is 0.80meters x 1.50meters 0.80 M 1.50 M

Rubus idaeus

Raspberries, which are usually perennial, have canes each year on which the fruit is borne from the second year. The fruit is is red, sweet and tart, and some varieties ripen in Summer, and some in Autumn. Wild raspberries are similar in many ways to cultivated raspberries, except they have smaller berries, which are ripe from Summer to Autumn.


Planting Outdoors Autumn

From Early Spring TO Mid Autumn

Plant new canes in spring or autumn in well prepared beds. Take out a trench, fill with compost to within 3ins from top, set in plants, cover to ground level, and firm. Water thoroughly.

 
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