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'Malling Leo' Raspberry Plants

Loved for over half a century

Grown by Danielle

South Downs National Park

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Malling Leo Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit
Malling Leo Raspberry Plants Soft Fruit

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The highlights

  • Fabulously aromatic with lovely sweetness
  • Hardy, reliable and well-timed yields
  • Pop your raspberries into a fresh fruit salad
  • Harvest from August into September

Description

  • Fruits very late, perfect if you're planning on having fruit right the way through summer.
  • A very hardy variety and reliable, too; a later flowering period means the flowers avoid late frosts which can destroy them before they set.
  • A good aromatic flavour, ideal for making sauces or jam.
  • Expect to see moderate yields of mid sized, orange-red raspberries from August into September.
  • Plant on a sunny spot in rows, with 50cm between canes and tie into supports as they grow. Can even be planted in a large pot (40cm+ in diameter).
  • Floricane (summer-fruiting) variety. Floricane varieties fruit on last year's wood, so it's important to get the pruning right. Cut back the older canes that fruited after you've finished harvesting from them, leaving roughly eight stems that didn't fruit (these will be green in colour) to grow next year. These canes will bear your next harvest.

What To Expect

Supplied as:

3L Pot
3L Pots

Height on arrival:

50-80cm inc. pot
50-80cm inc. pot

Eventual height:

1.2-1.5m

Eventual spread:

1.2m
1.2m

Tasting notes:

Rich and aromatic
Rich and aromatic

Time to first crop:

2nd Year
Floricane (summer-fruiting) raspberries fruit on second year canes, so you are unlikely to see any fruit in the first summer.

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost
Fully Hardy
Doesn't require any protection from frost

Self fertile:

Self Fertile
Self Fertile

Uses:

Eating fresh, crumbles, jams
Eating fresh, crumbles, jams

Rootstock:

Spacing:

40-60cm

How To Grow

Good

Shows good resistance to common pests such as aphids. Your biggest problem, as with most soft fruit, is that they are so delicious that local wildlife will want to eat them too. Grow in a polytunnel, or use a fruit net to keep birds off.MORE

Keep well watered

Water in thoroughly when planting. Raspberries prefer moist soils so make sure that they are well watered throughout summer, especially during drier periods. 1/2 time a week increasing to every other day when hot/ dry.

Full sun

Full sun means receiving direct sun for more than 6 hours each day during the spring/summer.

Prefers fertile, well draining soil.

Loam or sandy soil is perfect. You should also consider digging in some organic matter/ compost when planting to improve the soil

No need to feed

Don't worry, this isn't a hungry plant so your food bills won't be going up!

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South Downs National Park

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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Our plants are grown 
in the UK

Specialist UK growers we know and trust grow your plants the traditional way, with organic fertiliser and biological pest control. They pick only the healthiest plants for you, professionally pruning them so that they’ll grow strong and well shaped.

Our plants are delivered overnight

Your plants are sent to you fresh from the field in our plastic free box that’s specially designed to hold them tight, then securely delivered by specialist plant couriers - straight from the grower to your garden within 
24 hours.

We're here to help at every step

We want your plants to have a long and healthy life. Expect easy-to-follow grow guides and videos devised by our team 
of experts.

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We’re confident that you’ll be delighted 
with your new plants. Need help? Alice and her team are here to guarantee you’re 
perfectly happy.

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When will I get my plants?

The delivery timescale for each plant is on the web page (near the 'add to basket's button). You'll receive a dispatch email with an exact delivery date once your plants are on their way, so you can get the garden ready.

How will my plants be packed and delivered?

We send all of our orders through a courier network designed to handle plants. Specialist equipment ensures that no plants will be damaged during the packing process and every order is carefully finished and checked by plant-loving humans. Your plants will arrive in the most sustainable packaging possible with minimal to no plastic used.

Where do you deliver?

We deliver to anywhere in Mainland UK for our standard delivery cost. We are able to deliver most plants to Highlands and non UK mainland however this will be at an additional cost. This will be calculated at the checkout. Please note, deliveries to these locations will take longer. Unfortunately, we are not able to deliver to Northern Ireland at present.

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