Everbearing raspberry 'Purple' – Rubus idaeus

This everbearing raspberry bears large fruits of an intense raspberry red and excellent flavour, in summer and again in autumn. It is undemanding: it grows well in almost any soil, with better yields in fertile, moist ground.

• Botanical name: Rubus idaeus 'Purple'
• Hardiness: very hardy, down to −25 °C
• Fruit: large raspberry, intense raspberry red, excellent flavour
• Harvest: everbearing, in summer then in autumn
• Exposure: sun or partial shade

In the garden

Weed thoroughly before planting, especially bindweed. Plant in a north–south row, spacing plants 1 to 1.2 m apart and rows 1.25 m apart. Enrich the soil with compost and train the canes if you plant a row.

The plant you receive

15 to 25 cm, in a small pot or with a root ball depending on the season.

A farm-grown plant raised outdoors at 1,000 m altitude in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park: never in a heated greenhouse, fed with organic fertiliser only and grown following permaculture principles.