Rubus idaeus ‘Joan J’ (Everbearing Raspberry)

Award-winning Rubus idaeus ‘Joan J’ (Everbearing Raspberry) is a fall-fruiting, upright, self-fruitful, thornless shrub which produces a heavy crop of pinkish-red berries over a long fruiting season that starts in late summer and continues until the first sharp frosts. Clusters of white, rose-like flowers give way to glossy, very large, conical-shaped, firm raspberries of excellent flavor. They are great for freezing or fresh eating. ‘Joan J’ is sturdy and self-supporting, and is resistant to most problem insects.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.
• Grows up to 4-6 ft. tall (120-180 cm) and 2 ft. wide (60 cm).
• A full sun to part shade lover, this plant is best grown in organically rich, slightly acidic, moist but well-drained soils. Raspberries dislike waterlogged soils and shallow chalky soils. For best results, plant in a sheltered, sunny position. They will tolerate light shade, but the yield is likely to be reduced.
• Raspberries are usually planted in rows and trained along a post and wire system. But, if you have a smaller garden, you can still grow raspberries, either in containers or trained up a single post
• Fall is the best time to plant raspberries.
• Prune in summer immediately after fruiting. Cut back the tips of everbearers that fruited last fall (top 1/3 of the canes) but leave the rest of cane for summer fruiting. Remove the canes completely after they have fruited over their entire length to encourage the production of new canes. Promptly remove excess new plants and suckers to control spread.
• In late winter, remove any canes damaged by winter and thin, as needed, the remaining canes.
• Can get aphids, glasshouse red spider mite, raspberry leaf and bud mite, leafhoppers and raspberry beetle. May be affected by powdery mildews, raspberry cane blight, raspberry rust, raspberry spur blight or raspberry viruses.
• Propagate from suckers.