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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Flies
Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • Raspberry
Also sold as:
  • Latham Red

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Location: IL
Date: 2009-07-09
Location: IL
Date: 2004-07-17

Date: c. 1925
photo from Hedrick's 'Small Fruits of New York', 1925
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 6/23/2022
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 6/23/2022
Location: IL
Date: 2016-06-10
#Pollination Nomada obliterata, a member of Nomad Bees (Genus Nom
Location: IL
Date: 2016-04-17
Leaf buds starting to open up in spring.

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: IL
Date: 2014-06-18
Growing along veggie garden fence in full sun, ~2-3 feet deep. Pi

Date: 2012-09-06

Date: 2012-09-06
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