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Q: I didn't get any fruits from my raspberry bushes for the first five years until I realized what I was doing wrong: I was cutting back the bushes at the end of the growing season in late October.

"Bramble" is the common name for the genus Rubus which includes raspberries, blackberries and their hybrids and cultivars. The term bramble is used to denote “thorniness” a common trait among these ...

March is a busy time for pruning. Go ahead and prune shade trees, hardy fruit trees, summer blooming shrubs, grapes and raspberries. Evergreens like Japanese yew, Juniper, Arborvitae and spruce can ...

How to prune your berry patch, with different approaches for floricanes and primocanes. Berry season is just around the corner, and NOW is the time to prune your raspberry and blackberry bushes. In ...

Did you know the common cultivated Raspberry that is easy to grow in your garden, is actually derived from 3 different species of raspberry? The European Red, the wild (N. American) Red, and the ...

If you're hoping for a vibrant garden with lots of blooms this spring, you can prune these 10 plants as early as February.

CORVALLIS – Established raspberries (including Meeker and Willamette) and blackberries (including marionberries, boysenberries and loganberries), need some late winter-early spring care to stay ...

Raspberries are bramble-type fruit plants that send up new shoots from the ground every year. They’re generally hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 9, and can easily form a thicket if not pruned ...

Raspberries and blackberries should be fertilized starting in early spring when new growth begins. (Kelsey O'Halloran/2014) CORVALLIS, Ore. - No matter how muddy the spring, it's time to slip on your ...

I have Red Heritage, Fall Gold, and Black Raspberries. If you want raspberries next year, now is the time to prepare your bed. Lay out where you are going to put them then dig or till in lots of ...

I wince every time someone tells me about their “bramble patch.” For some, those two words might evoke nostalgic, pastoral notions. For me, they call to mind thrashing through a mess of thorny canes ...