raspberry
Rubus idaeus
RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Subshrub
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White (sometimes pink to purple)
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) is a shrub for borders, food gardens, and hedges. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. White flowers open in spring, summer, and autumn, and they draw butterflies, bees, and birds. It sits low on the menu for deer. The stems have prickles, so wear gloves when you prune.
Pairs well with Serviceberry, Yarrow, and Switchgrass.
Native range
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Asia, and 27 more places. See all 31
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Chita, Corse, District of Columbia, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Magadan, Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Sicilia, Tuva, Türkiye, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.