Raspberry 'Glen Ample' is very easy to grow and will give you bowlfuls of fruit in summer to mid-autumn. They are great for jams and whatever else you want to add them to.
Raspberries can be grown anywhere in any aspect as long as they have well drained soil and plenty of sunshine.
Most people grow summer-fruiting raspberries, which bear fruit from late June to August, on the previous year's growth. To prune, simply cut back all fruited stems to ground level after fruiting. Autumn-fruiting raspberries produce canes that flower and fruit the same year. Cut down all their canes in winter, allowing new canes to develop as a wide row the following year.
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Autumn-fruiting raspberries are very easy to grow, as they fruit on new wood and do not need support. British-bred Raspberry Autumn Bliss has long been the most popular autumn-fruiting raspberry, bearing huge crops of firm, sweet, red, berries with an excellent flavour. Vigorous and disease-resistant. Plant in full sun, as this variety fruits well into October. Cut all canes to the ground in late winter, but if you leave a few, they will bear a small crop in July.
-Site: Sheltered
-Soil: Any reasonably well-drained soil
-Position: Full sun
-Pick: Late August–mid-October
-Keep: A few days in the fridge; freeze well
-Hardiness: Hardy
-Pollination: Self-fertile
-Uses: Eating, cooking, preserving
-Height: 5' (1.5m) Spread: 20” (50cm)
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Position - Full sun or partial shade
Soil - Any well-drained soil
Rate of growth - Average
Other features - Large, well-flavoured berries (early-July)
Hardiness - Fully hardy
The large bushes will usually produce a heavy crop of fruits each year.
Garden care: Prepare the ground well before planting. Remove all weeds and dig in plenty of well-rotted manure into the area. Space at 1.5m intervals and once planted, apply a mulch of well-rotted manure every spring, as well as a nitrogen and potassium fertiliser. Make sure the plant is watered in dry weather and net the bushes to protect the currants from birds. In the first year, prune back to one bud above soil level in winter. After that only prune out weak branches.
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Blackberries are so easy to grow against a sunny wall and will do well in any garden.They will usually give bowlfuls of fruit from late august onwards. The foliage has an attractive bright green 'parsley-leaf' appearance which turns to bright autumn tints in the late season. Requires 2.4m (8ft) of wall space.
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Position: full sun, but some shading needed in very hot weather
Soil: any well-drained soil
Rate of growth: average
Other features: large, pale green berries (late July)
Hardiness: fully hardy
A vigorous, spreading bush with large, pale green berries which are good for both culinary and dessert use. It is one of the most popular gooseberries grown due to heavy yields and resistance to American gooseberry mildew. Gooseberries are easy to grow shrubs for any size garden and are usually the first bush fruit to be picked. Grow them as bushes, fans, espaliers, cordons or even standards.
Garden care: Prepare the ground well before planting. Remove all weeds and dig in plenty of well-rotted manure in to the area. Once planted, apply a mulch of well-rotted manure every spring, as well as a nitrogen and potassium fertiliser. Make sure the plant is watered in dry weather and net the bushes to protect the fruit from birds. In the first year, prune shoots back by half to three-quarters to an outward-facing bud in winter. After that prune out weak and older branches only.
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Autumn-fruiting raspberries are very easy to grow, as they fruit on new wood and do not need support. British-bred Raspberry Autumn Bliss has long been the most popular autumn-fruiting raspberry, bearing huge crops of firm, sweet, red, berries with an excellent flavour. Vigorous and disease-resistant. Plant in full sun, as this variety fruits well into October. Cut all canes to the ground in late winter, but if you leave a few, they will bear a small crop in July.
-Site: Sheltered
-Soil: Any reasonably well-drained soil
-Position: Full sun
-Pick: Late August–mid-October
-Keep: A few days in the fridge; freeze well
-Hardiness: Hardy
-Pollination: Self-fertile
-Uses: Eating, cooking, preserving
-Height: 5' (1.5m) Spread: 20” (50cm)
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Blueberry 'Northland' | Vaccinium corymbosum Northland 2 Litre
Early/Mid Producing - July
Fresh Sweet berries
Northland blueberry is a large reliable heavy cropping variety.
One of the most winter hardy varieties to -30
Medium sized fruits with a "Wild" flavour
Vaccinium Corymbosum ' Northland ' blueberry plant is a large early producing spreading shrub, it produces large light to medium coloured blue berries, matched with an excellent flavour that resembles wild blueberries.
Blueberry Vaccinium plants produce fruit that grows on old wood, and are self fertile,
Northland blueberry bushes flower in May and produce an abundance medium to large sized fruits.
It is an early producing variety, It makes an excellent choice for bakers as the fruits it produces have a high sugar content
It is one of the most winter hardy and reliable croppers available it has been known to produce fruits after withstanding winter temperatures of -30 and can when fully mature produce upto 10Kg per bush.
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Blackberry 'Thornless Evergreen' | Rubus 'Thornless Evergreen'
Position - Full sun or partial shade
Soil - Moist, well-drained, fertile soil
Rate of growth - Fast-growing
Flowering period - May - August
Fruit - Edible black berries can be harvested in august
Hardiness - Hardy
Pot size - 2 Litre
This thornless evergreen grows shrub like , upright and can reach an average height of 1.4 - 1.6m. Extremely hardy, moderate-sized bush with thornless canes, white flowers in summer followed by a high yield of large, dark blackberries in late summer.
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Considered by many to be one of the most reliable croppers, this mid-season cultivar produces high yields of large, delicious fruits that are ready to pick in mid-summer. The vigorous bushes have an upright habit and show a good resistance to disease.
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: prefers moist, well-drained, acidic soil or ericaceous compost in a pot.
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Other features: light blue berries (July)
- Hardiness: fully hardy
How to care for blueberry plants
Prepare the ground well before planting. Blueberries can also be grown in large pots and containers if ericaceous compost is used. Prune in winter, cutting out dead or damaged branches. In spring, feed with sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of potash and bonemeal and top-dress with ericaceous compost
Blueberries: delicious, nutritious and easy-to-grow in your garden or container. Blueberry bushes produce larger and sweeter berries than the ones you see in the wild.
The shrub tolerates a wide range of soils, including clay, though it must retain some moisture all year round. They require acidic soil, so if you don't have this, plant in either a raised bed or a container where you can add peat to the soil. Plant in full sun or light shade - we have planted them around the edge of our garden. Blueberries are also very decorative, with clusters of white blossom in spring and glossy green foliage which is at its most attractive when it turns reddish-bronze in autumn. For best fruiting, plant 2 varieties nearby.
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Blueberry 'Goldtraube' is a very reliable heavy cropping blueberry with beautiful autumn foliage. A heavy cropping variety that produces an abundance of large, aromatic blueberries which ripen by midsummer. It also has gorgeous gold and red tinted foliage in autumn.
Where to plant: Happiest in a sunny spot, will also thrive in a large container.
Does best in a moist but well drained, lime-free soil which will not dry out in summer. If growing in a container use ericaceous compost - specially formulated for acid-loving plants. Keep well watered through the summer. Blueberries need to be pollinated to ensure a crop of fruit, so another Blueberry needs to be planted nearby to ensure pollination.
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Blueberry 'Pink Lemonade' is a relatively new variety of blueperry. It will produce delicious pink blueberries! It is a very easy variety to grow as it is self fertile. Fruits will form after the bell shaped pinkish white flowers which will appear in spring. This is a mid to late season blueberry that has a lovely mild flavour.
How to care for Blueberries
Garden care: Prepare the ground well before planting. Prune in winter, cutting out dead or damaged branches. In spring, feed with sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of potash and bonemeal and top-dress with ericaceous compost.
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