I mistakenly created a bit of friction years ago when I wrote a story about an heirloom raspberry I had been enjoying. After all, we gardeners are little more than willing tools in our plants’ ...

Summer-fruiting raspberries have now well and truly finished but this is the perfect moment to prune them, just as the autumn-fruiting varieties are hitting their maximum production. It’s been a ...

The raspberry, with its botanical name Rubus idaeus, belongs to the rose family, which includes around 3,500 species. The raspberry is a hardy, deciduous climbing shrub that comes in a variety of ...