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£41Sale price From £39Fruit Plants for Beginners | Allotment in a Box
Pick your own soft fruit and grow it too
- Juicy berries, currants and more
- Top-performing, premium varieties
- Eat fresh or make unbeatable crumbles
- Harvest from summer onwards
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'Autumn Treasure' Raspberry Plants
Wave au revoir to thorny picking
- Fabulous levels of sweetness
- Fruits on first-year canes
- Mix with strawberries in a summer salad
- Pick from August to October
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£51Sale price £46'Repsime' Mulberry Tree
Bumper-sized fruits
- Rich, complex and juicy
- Distinctive, heart-shaped leaves
- Bake a delicious mulberry pie
- Pick your mulberries from July to August
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£28Sale price £26'Malling Minerva' Raspberry Plants
Big on flavour, not spines
- Bursting with sumptuous sweetness
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Make an Eton mess (with a twist)
- Pick your raspberries in June and July
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'Malling Leo' Raspberry Plants
Loved for over half a century
- Fabulously aromatic with lovely sweetness
- Hardy, reliable and well-timed yields
- Pop your raspberries into a fresh fruit salad
- Harvest from August into September
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Meet Danielle
110 years' expertise free with every plant
You simply can’t buy better fruit plants and here’s why. Danielle grows them outdoors, just like our nursery has done since 1908, so they’re more than a match for the UK weather. Danielle only has time for the top performing varieties, meaning that you can be assured of a successful (and blooming tasty) soft fruit crop.
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Which raspberry plant is best for you?
If you really love raspberries, plant both summer-fruiting ('Glen Ample', 'Malling Leo', 'Glen Prosen') and autumn-fruiting ('Joan J', 'Polka', 'Autumn Bliss') varieties of raspberry for picking right from June to October. 'Ruby Beauty' and 'Yummy' can even be grown in pots. For something different, try sweet, yellow-coloured 'All Gold' or even blackberry hybrids tayberry and loganberry.
Growers' tips for raspberry plants
Like all berries, raspberry plants do best in full sun, but will also grow in partial shade. Plant them in free-draining soil and leave 45cm between plants. Avoid a very windy site, as raspberries are self-fertile and pollinated by flying insects. Feed your raspberry plants in spring with a general fertiliser and apply a mulch around the plants to deter weeds. Keep them well-watered in dry weather and net them if they prove irresistible to the birds! For more raspberry plant care tips, read our full guide.
Using your raspberries
Eat your raspberries by the handful, picked warm from the garden or make sundaes, smoothies and jams. Raspberries can be found in so many classic desserts - with peaches in a peach melba, with fresh cream and meringue in a pavlova or in a good old sherry trifle. You can also mix your raspberries with some thyme in a scrummy jam.
Raspberry Plants FAQs
What is the best time to plant raspberry canes?
Raspberries can be planted at any time during the dormant season, between November and March, providing the soil is not frozen or waterlogged. However, early spring is the best time to plant raspberries.
How do you take care of a raspberry bush?
Water and feed your raspberry plants throughout the growing season, being careful not to over water them. Keep the soil moist, consider digging in some compost when planting and feed with a liquid fertiliser on a monthly basis.
Where is the best place to plant raspberry bushes?
Finding that ‘sweet spot’ in the garden for your raspberry plant is extremely important as they grow best in at least six to eight hours of warm sun. I think I’d be happy soaking up that much sunshine too!
Do I need to prune my raspberry bush?
It’s important to prune raspberries in order to produce higher yields, control diseases, facilitate harvesting and so you can become the raspberry-obsessed fiend you’ve always wanted to be.
How long does it take for a raspberry plant to bear fruit?
The stems of autumn varieties bear fruit and flowers in their first year of growth, whereas the stems of summer varieties do not bear fruit until their second year of growth.
What do you do with raspberry plants in the winter?
Simply cut all the fruited canes to the ground in winter, to allow new canes to grow in spring. It’s for the best, we promise!
Can raspberries grow in pots?
If your garden soil isn’t great, you don’t get a lot of sun or you have quite limited garden space, then you may want to consider growing raspberries in containers. We would suggest choosing a compact variety such as 'Yummy' or 'Ruby Beauty'.
Are raspberries good for you?
Due to their high vitamin C content, raspberries are considered superfoods. They are also loaded with antioxidants and flavonoids, which have many health benefits - and yes, you can eat raspberries everyday!
How tall do raspberries grow?
It’s normal for raspberries to reach heights between 90cm to 150cm tall with a spread between 60cm and 90cm and you can support their growth with a trellis, fence, or stake. Prefer them to be short but sweet? You can also prune raspberry bushes in order to keep them shorter.
How many raspberry canes do I need?
Raspberry canes grow and multiply quite quickly so planting one means you'll have a dozen more next year. Therefore, depending on how much space you have, we recommend planting one to ten canes.
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