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Caroline Red Raspberry Plant

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Description

Superior flavor! Vigorous canes produce huge crops of large, firm raspberries. Bears early. Fall-bearing (everbearing) primocane with a summer crop. Floricane berries ripen in July. Primocane berries ripen in September through frost. Self-pollinating.

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.

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Characteristics

Bloom Color Pink
Fruit Color Red
Fruit Size Large
Hardiness Zone Range 5 - 8
Pollination Self-Pollinating
Ripens/Harvest July And September
Shade/Sun Full Sun
Soil Composition Loamy
Soil Moisture Well Drained
Soil pH Level 5.8 - 7.5
Taste Mild, Tart
Texture Firm
Years to Bear 1 - 2

Size & Spacing

Mature Size

When your plant matures, it will be approximately 4 - 5' tall x 3 - 4' wide.

Recommended Spacing

We recommend spacing these plants 3 - 4' apart to ensure room for growth.

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range 5 - 8
My Hardiness Zone ?
The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatibility range of this variety before ordering.

Pollination

This variety is self pollinating.

In many cases, you may still want to plant pollinating partners to increase the size of your crops, but with self-pollinating varieties doing so is optional. You'll get fruit with only one plant!

Tools & Supplies

Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.

Planting & Care

Learn all about how to grow raspberry plants in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.

Read about how to grow raspberry plants »

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27 Questions
Why did you choose this?
Stark Bro'sStore

This plant is heat tolerant and well suited for my zone.

Mily A

heard good reviews that it has good flavor and resists root rot

Melinda Z

Looks like a good value

Emily H

Like raspberry’s

Bob H
Are these thornless?
Jerry W

Small thorns that really aren't a problem if you're careful..............or have tough farmer hands!

Robert J
are these thornless?
joy d.

The Carolina has soft thorns that become more rigid after the cane produces and dies. While growing the are more akin to hairs.

austin s
should Caroline raspberry canes be pruned; if so, prune the spring canes that produced or prune after the fall yield ?
Gary C.

My raspberry canes die after the season they produce. When the leaves wither and the cane begins to get hard, I trim it 4 to 6 inches above the ground. After a couple years I have noticed canes grow from the previous seasons/year as well as come up from the roots.

austin s
I want to grow caroline/heritage/encore raspberry in bottomless raised beds to prevent suckers from going into my neighbors' yards. How deep do their roots run? How deep should the frames of the raised beds be?
MALIN R

They can grow to be 3 feet deep but they are typically only 6" to 16" deep. A 20" deep raised bed should be enough for them.

Titania N.
Do you still have the bareroot department at the store in Louisiana?

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TiffanyF
Can these Carolina reds be planted by boysenberry and blackberry plants? I am wanting a berry hillside, but I don't want to cause disease or bacterial contamination.
Rebecca B

Never plant any kind of raspberries next to blackberries. They need to be at least 500 feet away. I forget if it's because of an insect that brings disease to the blackberries, or the disease in the blackberries themselves, but blacberries will spread disease to your raspberries. I read this after it happened to me.

MELODY H
Are the Caroline Raspberries really more high pH tolerant?
MARK K

Yes, our soil here in E. Washington is 7 to 8 and very rocky and they thrive. Excellent sized berries.

SUZY P
Are they thornless?
Buffy O.

No they are not thornless, but they are pretty easy to avoid the thorns when picking the raspberries. Also, they are very tasty and quite productive!

Ronald S
Everbearing?

Not sure about that yet as this is the first year I've had it and the deer have eaten half of it! It does have berries currently. Will need to fence it.

Laura T
do they need to be staked?
Barbara B

No, they do not. I'm no expert grower, but i have a few in my garden and the canes make it to hip height with no support.

RICHARD W
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1-10 of 67 Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 12, 2025
Good so far
They've grown like crazy. Produced over a quart bag of berries in their first year. Two bareroot plants have multiplied like crazy. Don't know how many berries I will get from them later in the summer. Only a handful in the spring of their second year so far.
MARIELLYN H
Rated 5 out of 5
Dec 27, 2024
Good chose
Very wise choice for me. They say you can't grow raspberrys in NC. My plants are very prolific. My raspberry bed more then doubled and I gave a friend a couple dozen plants.
William K
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 3, 2024
Great raspberries with a bit of perseverance.
At first when we planted our raspberry plants we thought they were not going to make it. It was suggested that we cut them down so only 2 inches was showing over the dirt. That did it! The leaves started appearing and now, months later, they are little bushes. The berries they have produced this year are very nice. (we planted these late) Next year we will have a harvest!
Do your research and have patience.
JANNA S
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 9, 2024
Caroline Raspberry is easy to grow, delicious, and prolific.
Caroline raspberry is a no-brainer for easy, delicious fruit in a small amount of space. It is a heavy producer and the fruit is so flavorful. Needs a little bit of support once the fruit comes on. I am in zone 6b. Not much work to it - I fertilize in early spring, and I get a medium size crop in June on the canes that overwintered. I cut out those spent canes in July after fruiting, and the newly grown canes will bloom and give fruit in Sept through October, even as the weather starts to get cold! The canes that fruited in fall stay put. Those are the ones that will fruit in June!
JACQUELINE D
Rated 5 out of 5
Jan 16, 2024
Raspberry delights
Although I have not been able to explore the raspberry itself, the plants came very well packaged and were very healthy looking. I can't wait till spring tj sée then grow I planted them following the directions included and hope I am blessed with wonderful results
TERESA S
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 20, 2023
Highly productive and vigorous
After one year, these were incredibly productive and vigorous growing. I need to trellis them because they sagged over without support and it was unattractive. The fruit was delicious and tart, or you can leave it to ripen a bit and it was a bit sweeter. My children loved picking them.
WILLIAM B
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 5, 2023
Great Producer
Great amount of berries these took right off. Little Jake loves them I also used your raspberry fertilizer
THOMAS F
Rated 5 out of 5
Oct 4, 2022
Delicious raspberries
I cannot believe I've actually have had delicious raspberries growing already! Should have taken a picture before I ate them ;)
Maryalice W
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 22, 2022
Caroline Red Raspberry
Most delicious raspberry of all the ones I planted, but its a bit less prolific, smaller plant, and more fragile berry. The taste is worth it!!
CAROL B
Rated 5 out of 5
Sep 1, 2022
Great customer service
I received my order very fast and on sale . I got a 3 pack of raspberries . Packaging was intact snd product as described . Even got a couple small raspberries off one plant this year .
Chris B

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