The raspberry, with its botanical name Rubus idaeus, belongs to the rose family, which includes around 3,500 species. The raspberry is a hardy, deciduous climbing shrub that comes in a variety of ...

(For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our Crop at a Glancecollection page.) Delicious, nutritious and easy to grow, raspberries are a valuable addition to any food garden.

It may seem like berries in the same family, with the same growing conditions, can be planted side-by-side. But sometimes ...

Q: I was given raspberry shoots late last summer. How long will it take for them to produce fruit? A: Since your new plants from last year survived the winter and are growing, you are well on your way ...

Learn how to grow and care for different types of raspberries in your garden or container. Reviewed by Sylvia Duax Nothing ...

To The Herald-Whig: Spring is awakening time, summer is bloom, fall is harvest and winter is resting time for all the plants we grow. Now that it is planting time and with near 10 percent unemployment ...

Description: A popular bramble that grows 4 to 6 feet tall and bears tasty deep red fruit annually on floricanes in summer, on primocane tips in autumn and primocane bottoms the following summer.

Red raspberries grow in most garden soils if they have ample organic matter and adequate drainage. For summer-bearing raspberries in good garden soil, apply only a maintenance amount of fertilizer: 4 ...

Most gardeners I know tend to be fairly haphazard with their raspberry patches, myself included. This laxity works because raspberries tend to spread on their own (much more than you might want in ...

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