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 ...

When growing raspberries in the South, look for types that can grow in your USDA Plant Hardiness Zone. They can be tricky to grow the further south you go because many need cold temperatures to ...

It's easy to think of red raspberries and black raspberries as similar enough to plant wherever they thrive and wherever you like. Both red and black raspberries are delicious and healthy, offering ...

(For details on growing many other vegetables and fruits, visit our Crop at a Glancecollection page.) Delicious, nutritious and easy to grow, raspberries are a valuable addition to any food garden.

Learn how to plant, prune and care for raspberry bushes in your home garden to enjoy fresh berries for years to come.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Red raspberries on a raspberry cane Raspberries are prolific fruits to grow at home and need regular fertilization to guarantee a ...

Everbearing yellow raspberry plants in New Paltz, N.Y. Gardeners can get better raspberries and blackberries by training and pruning their bushes -- or brambles. (Lee Reich) I wince when someone tells ...

Question: I have had the same red raspberry canes for 21 years. How do you know when it is time to retire them and start some new ones? When is the best time to do this? What varieties of overbearing ...

Growing your own fruit at home isn’t the easiest of gardening’s challenges. Besides potential troubles from bugs, plant diseases, and ever-increasing erratic weather, birds and other fruit-loving ...

Most gardeners I know tend to be fairly haphazard with their raspberry patches, myself included. This laxity works because raspberries tend to spread on their own (much more than you might want in ...