Willamette Raspberry
Rubus idaeus 'Willamette'
Prolific producer of tasty dark red fruit in midsummer to fall of second year. Small white flowers precede fruit on erect, thornless canes. Deciduous.
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Vine - Requires Support |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous grower, canes 6 to 10 ft. long. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Edible, Showy Fruit |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7008 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a commercial fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Train one-year-old canes on trellis, prune canes that have fruited.
Design Ideas
Make room for this prolific producer of juicy raspberries - the canes can grow up to 10 feet long. It needs support from a trellis or wires. A large crop ripens in summer and a smaller one later in the year.
Companion Plants
Raspberries need their own space, but make good addition to the kitchen garden with edibles and ornamentals. Flowering shrubs such as Natchez Mock Orange (Philadelphus x virginalis 'Natchez') and Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) make good nearby companions.
History
Raspberries are classified into the Rose family which contains other bramble-like growers. It was named from the Latin for red, with the species name derived from Pliny's description of these plants on Mount Ida, Greece. With over 400 species in North America alone there is great taxonomic confusion.
Lore
The raspberry is not a true berry. Botanically speaking it is a drupe.
Prolific producer of tasty dark red fruit in midsummer to fall of second year. Small white flowers precede fruit on erect, thornless canes. Deciduous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a commercial fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Train one-year-old canes on trellis, prune canes that have fruited.
Design Ideas
Make room for this prolific producer of juicy raspberries - the canes can grow up to 10 feet long. It needs support from a trellis or wires. A large crop ripens in summer and a smaller one later in the year.
Companion Plants
Raspberries need their own space, but make good addition to the kitchen garden with edibles and ornamentals. Flowering shrubs such as Natchez Mock Orange (Philadelphus x virginalis 'Natchez') and Beauty Bush (Kolkwitzia amabilis) make good nearby companions.
History
Raspberries are classified into the Rose family which contains other bramble-like growers. It was named from the Latin for red, with the species name derived from Pliny's description of these plants on Mount Ida, Greece. With over 400 species in North America alone there is great taxonomic confusion.
Lore
The raspberry is not a true berry. Botanically speaking it is a drupe.
| Key feature: | Edible |
| Plant type: | Vine - Requires Support |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous grower, canes 6 to 10 ft. long. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Edible, Showy Fruit |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7008 |
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The best fertilizer to use with this plant is Fruit Tree & Vine .view soil products
