Fruit
Raspberry
Cultivated raspberry canes for cool and temperate gardens.
Sowing & planting windows in Australia
Planting timing varies by broad Australian gardening zone. Local weather, unusual seasons and your garden’s microclimate can shift timing.
Cool
Plant dormant canes / nursery stock · Jun–Aug
Core months: June, July, August
Temperate
Plant dormant canes / nursery stock · Jun–Aug
Core months: June, July, August
Subtropical
Plant dormant canes / nursery stock · Jun–Jul
Core months: June, July
Tropical
Plant dormant canes / nursery stock · Not generally recommended
Arid
Plant dormant canes / nursery stock · Jun–Jul
Core months: June, July
Getting started
Plant dormant canes or nursery stock at the recorded cool-season window.
The right conditions
Cool winters, sun with heat protection, fertile drained soil and a support system.
As it grows
Tie canes, water through flowering and fruiting, and prune according to summer- or autumn-fruiting type.
Ready to harvest
Pick berries when fully coloured and easily released.
Important cautions
Buy named cultivated stock; identify fruiting type before pruning.
Related how-to guides
Identify raspberry canes before pruning
Identify summer-fruiting floricane or autumn-fruiting primocane raspberries.
Plant guidance: Desk-reviewed under the approved horticultural-synthesis method; not field-tested. Planting windows are a guide rather than a rule.