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Rubus idaeus 'Malling Jewel' (F) AGM

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Characteristics

Plant type

Fruit (edible)

Habit

Columnar/Upright

Resilience

Hardiness

old H4 (hardy)

Colour

Flower

Green in Summer

Foliage

Green in Autumn, Spring and Summer

Fruit

Red in Summer

Size

Ultimate height

1.5-2.5 metres

Ultimate spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height

2-5 years

Preferred common name

raspberry 'Malling Jewel'

Family

Rosaceae

Rubus can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, often scrambling with bristly or prickly stems bearing simple, lobed, palmate or pinnate leaves and 5-petalled flowers followed by juicy, sometimes edible fruits

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Suppliers

Suppliers listed in RHS Plant Finder

Awards

Award of Garden Merit

How to grow

Sunlight

Full sun

Aspect

South-facing, North-facing, West-facing or East-facing

Sheltered

Cultivation

Grow raspberries in rows between parallel wires for support. Mulch with acidic material such as composted bark. Further raspberry cultivation advice

Soil

Well-drained or Moist but well-drained

Acid or Neutral

Loam or Sand

Propagation

Propagate by division in the dormant season. Lift new canes along with their rootballs. Choose only newly planted, disease-free stock from which to propagate

How to care

Pruning

Prune as for summer fruiting raspberries, removing all fruited canes down to ground level in early to mid autumn. Train in new growth

Pests

Can be affected by aphids, leafhoppers, raspberry beetle, glasshouse red spider mite and raspberry leaf and bud mite

Diseases

Good general resistance to disease, but can suffer from fungal leaf spots, raspberry spur blight and botrytis

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