RASPBERRIES are a staple summer fruit in the UK, but just one supermarket punnet will set you back at least £2 for a few handfuls of these tasty berries. Growing your own is a cheap and simple way to ...

Raspberry bushes tend to be very easy to grow in gardens, but there is one task you need to do in May to ensure you get the best berries possible. A gardener known as The Real Farmhouse has said that ...

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 ...

I planted bare-root raspberries “Autumn Bliss” a few years ago. The first year all but one plant died. Thinking I had neglected them, I bought more bare-root plants and planted them in the same bed ...

Succulent: Raspberry Every morning I stumble barefoot from my bed to the fridge, dog yapping around my ankles and grasp through bleary eyes for tubs of soft fruit. I pierce the plastic film, examine ...

FOR SOME STRANGE reason, I don’t have any raspberries in my garden. Somehow, even though I love them, and they grow well in our climate, I don’t see any (I’m looking right now). No idea how that ...

Raspberry crowns live for many years, but their canes are biennial meaning they live for two years. Each year new shoots grow from buds in the crown. Late in that first summer, these new canes develop ...