General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: up to 5 feet
Plant Spread: 6 feet
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Delicious Raspberry
  • Boulder Raspberry
  • Rocky Mountain Raspberry
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rubus deliciosus
  • Synonym: Oreobatus deliciosus

Photo Gallery

Date: 1913
photo from 'The Garden', July 12, 1913
Location: Estes Park, CO
Date: 6/8/2013
Credit to R. Church
Location: Estes Park, CO
Date: 2013-06-08
Location: Estes Park, CO
Date: 2013-06-08
Location: Estes Park, CO
Date: 2013-06-08

Date: c. 1880
illustration from 'Flore des Serres et des jardins de l'Europe',

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