| Scientific Name: | Rubus idaeus |
| Common Name: | raspberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Vine - deciduous, Vine or climber |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Irregular, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Prickly, Tomentose, Odd-pinnate, Oblong, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Edible, Orange, Red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves compound with 5 heavily veined leaflets, some lobed; cyme florets about 15mm wide, with 5 green sepals with alternating with 5 smaller white petals, many stmens and pistils; aggregate of drupelets (raspberry). Winter ID: multiple straight basal stems with small prickles, buds conical, about 6mm long, next to forked ligulate stipules. | |