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Raspberry Shortcake® offers a new, easy way to grow your own raspberries. Its compact, rounded, thornless(!) growth habit to 2-3 ft. is perfect for patio container growing or any sunny, well-drained spot in the landscape.
Description
| Botanical Name: | Rubus idaeus |
| Cultivar: | Shortcake Raspberry |
Raspberry Shortcake® offers a new, easy way to grow your own raspberries. Its compact, rounded, thornless(!) growth habit to 2-3 ft. is perfect for patio container growing or any sunny, well-drained spot in the landscape.
Raspberries are an easy to grow, popular berry with a rich color and sweet juicy taste. They are a good source of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Once this native berry is ripe, you can harvest some every couple of days!
Care
| Sun Needs: | Plant in full sun (minimum 6 hours). Morning sun is best, with light afternoon shade. |
| Soil/Water Needs: | It should be planted in slightly acid, moist and well-drained soil that is organically rich for best performance. If you have clay soil, try growing them in raised beds for abundant and big berries. |
| Planting and Care Tip: | Raspberry Care |
Attracts Pollinators
Self-FruitingQuick Facts
| Flavor: | Sweet, vanilla type flavor is delicious |
| Growth Habit: | Dense, mounded habit: 2'-3'. Perfect for container. |
| Self-Fertile: | Yes |
| Bloom Season: | Spring: White flowers |
| Harvest Season: | Mid Summer |
| USDA Zones: | 4-9 |
Fruiting Info:Primocane variety plants bloom and fruit on first-year wood. Primocane varieties are often referred to as "everbearing," as they produce two crops on each biennial cane. The fall crop grows on current-season canes, at the top of the canes. After overwintering, and if not pruned, a second crop will be produced in late spring to early summer at the bottom 2/3 of the canes. If a single but heavier crop is desired, all canes may be annually pruned to the ground before growth begins in spring. The new canes will produce fruit in late summer to fall of the same season.
