Bushel and Berry® Raspberry Shortcake® Plant
Description
Compact and thornless! Harvest light red berries with ease. Fruit flavor is sweet with a vanilla essence. No need to trellis or stake this plant. Sturdy canes give an appealing natural mound shape. Grows well in containers! Ripens in late June early July. Self-pollinating. May be covered by USPP #22,141 or other patents. NR7 cultivar.
Note: Do not plant Red, Gold or Purple raspberries within 75-100 feet of Black raspberries. Black raspberries may be more susceptible to viral diseases carried by aphids to and from nearby raspberry plants.
After planting, be sure to prune the bare-root canes back to about 2 inches above the ground. (This does not apply to potted raspberry plants.) Do not skip this step! It is a crucial factor in encouraging the roots to send up new growth during the growing season. It is in the nature of raspberry plants to send up new growth as suckers or basal shoots from below the ground. This means the canes that you plant may not be where you find signs of life or new growth. When it’s time to grow, you will see new sprouts emerge from the ground around where you planted the cane, and this growth is coming from the raspberry plant’s root system.
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | White |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Medium |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 5 - 9 |
| Pollination | Self-Pollinating |
| Ripens/Harvest | Late June Early July |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained |
| Soil pH Level | 6.5 - 7.5 |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Firm, Juicy |
| Years to Bear | 1 - 2 |
Zone Compatibility
Pollination
This variety is self pollinating.
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
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Questions & Answers
a 20-25 gallon grow bag
I am in zone 6A as well (Hudson Valley NY) and have 3 Raspberry Shortcake in 20" pots. I just put them up against the side of garage and mulched heavily and covered with burlap. Got down to -10 a few nights this winter and they are ok. Plants are now 4 years old.
They will arrive in a quart-size pot. Start off by transplanting this to a 2-5 gallon container, and then when the plant outgrows that, you can "pot up" to a 16-20" container.
Thank you for your inquiry. The BrazelBerry shouldn't need winter protection in your location and should be allowed to go dormant each winter. You can plant this item in a 20-24" container.
If aphids are problematic/present on your other raspberries and garden plants, they will more than likely visit this plant as well.
We planted it with our standard varieties, so unable to help. Sorry.
Hi Brooke, This is a really good question. According to the Bushel and Berry® plant care instructions allow plants to go dormant in the winter without pruning. In early spring, green sprouts will come up from the soil and also appear on some of the pre-existing canes. The sprouts from the ground will eventually become canes which will fruit the following season. Old canes with new growth should fruit this year. Cut back the dead canes without new growth to ground level. If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
From the Bushel & Berry folks: The sprouts from the ground will become canes that fruit next year and old canes with new growth emerging will have fruit. Leave all the new shoots from the ground and old canes that have green leaves emerging. Prune all the dead canes with no new growth at ground level.
Thank you for your question! The raspberry will be in a quart-sized pot and is 6-12 months old when we ship.
The stems are green. Older stems may eventually die and need to be cut out.
This happens a little bit every year. If you have brown stems now, I would cut them back to about 12 inches and wait for new growth in the spring. If you are talking about a new plant that just arrived, it may just be dormant and I would plant it and wait to see if it grows in the spring.
Customer Reviews
Tearing out gooseberries that are unproductive, replacing with blackberries and raspberries.
Because I love red raspberries. I purchased one of these plants about 2 1/2 years ago. It finally bloomed last summer, and we had quite a few raspberries off of it. Yum! I just want more berries!
needed a small plant that I liked the taste of and requires little care and needs small amt of space. to be in a pot.
can plant in a pot, no thorns, not to big, gives you raspberries, good reviews