Planting guide

When to plant raspberry

Juicy berries from canes that come back every year; summer or autumn types. In Melbourne it goes in Mar–Jan.

Start as: Bare-root plant or Potted plant
Ready in: 1+ years to the first crop
Spacing: 60 cm
Depth: 0 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Some care
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means raspberry can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's real monthly temperatures, not a zone map. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Melbourne	●	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Brisbane	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Perth	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Adelaide	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Gold Coast	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Newcastle	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Sunshine Coast	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Canberra	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Central Coast	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Geelong	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wollongong	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Hobart	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Townsville	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cairns	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Darwin	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Ballarat	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Mandurah	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bendigo	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Launceston	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Mackay	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Rockhampton	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Blue Mountains	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Bunbury	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Bundaberg	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Alice Springs	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mildura	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○
Port Macquarie	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Wellington	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Christchurch	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
London	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Manchester	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
New York City	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	●	○
Los Angeles	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Chicago	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	●	●	○	○
Seattle	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Austin	●	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●
Toronto	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	●	●	●	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○
Cape Town	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Johannesburg	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Singapore	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Mumbai	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
Paris	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Berlin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○

How to plant raspberry

Plant dormant canes in winter or early spring.
Put up a post and wire to support canes.
Mulch and water consistently.
Prune old fruited canes to the ground after harvest.

Raspberry varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

HeritageClassiceverbearing · heirloom · 9–13 wksAutumn-bearing red raspberry; reliable and tasty
Autumn BlissClassiceverbearing · 9–13 wksEarly autumn cropper with large red berries
WillametteClassicheavy-cropper · 9–13 wksHardy summer raspberry with a big crop
TulameenAdventuroussweet · 9–13 wksLarge, sweet, firm berries; low spines
GoldenAdventurouscolourful · sweet · 9–13 wksYellow raspberry; mild and honey-sweet
Black RaspberryAdventurouscolourful · 9–13 wksDark berries with rich flavour

Where to buy seedlings

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Good companions

Garlic, Chive, Marigold

Raspberry by month

Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May · Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep · Oct · Nov · Dec

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