Description
Size (HxW): 3-5’ x 3-5’
Growth Habit: Arching
Fruit Size: 2cm
Planting Location: Sheltered
Zone 3a
- Hardiest of the black raspberries
- Heavy producer of sweet, firm, glossy black fruit
- Great for fresh eating & preserves
- Non-suckering raspberry
- Fruit ripens in July; stores for 2-3 days in refrigerator
- Self-fertile; will produce more fruit with a pollinator
- Plant pollinators within 200’ for best results
- Produces fruit within 2-3 years after planting
- Floricane variety – fruit is produced on old growth during summer
- Textured, dark green foliage turns a burnt orange-red in fall
- Fine thorns cover branches
- Small, white flowers in spring
- Native to the prairies
- Medium Growth Rate: 5-9”/year
- Row Spacing: 3-4’ apart
