Raspberry
Rubus idaeus
In a typical UK garden, plant out mid-October to mid-December, and harvest mid-June to late October.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Plant out
- mid-October to mid-Decemberlate February to early April
- Harvest
- mid-June to late October
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 45 cm apart, rows 180 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per 2 squares (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- Grown from plants, sets or crowns
- Ready in
- 150 to 540 days from planting
- Grows to
- 1.5 m
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -20 °C
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- Several years (perennial)
Growing tip
Cut autumn-fruiting canes to the ground in late winter; for summer types, cut out only the canes that have just fruited.
Neighbours
Keep apart from
Fruit are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
More fruit
Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For raspberry, we used:
Grow raspberry with VegLog
Add raspberry to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
