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Potted Royalty Purple Raspberry
Potted Royalty Purple Raspberry
Available only for pick-up at nursery.
Species: Hybrid of Rubus idaeobatus and Rubus occidentalis
History: Royalty was bred at the Geneva Experiment Station in Geneva, New York as a cross between red and black raspberries. It was released in 1982 and is the most popular purple raspberry variety on the market for both its productivity and sweetness.
Why We Grow It: Royalty is an excellent summer-bearing variety, producing ample crops of large (some get an inch long!), purple berries that are very sweet. Purple raspberries are a unique hybrid which can be picked while a little unripe and still red for a classic raspberry flavour or when fully ripe and purple for a sweeter taste more akin to black raspberries. Steph is impressed with the quality, flavour and long harvest window of this variety.
Fruit Specs
Fruit Specs
Recommended Use: Fresh eating, drying, juice, canning, freezing
Fruit Size: Large
Storage: Keeps less than a week when stored in the fridge
Harvest: Mid July
Growing Specs
Growing Specs
Canadian Hardiness Zone: 4
Soil Preference: Loam and sandy loam, prefers soils that are moist but well-drained
Flowering Time:
Bloom Colour: White
Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without a different raspberry variety but will produce more and better fruit if one is present
Sun/Shade Requirements:
Full sun (approx. 8-10 hours of sun daily)
General Growth Habits:
Vigorous and cold hardy, upright growth habit. Generally resistant to insects, immune to raspberry aphid.
Primocane or Floricane (if applicable): Floricane, bears fruit in the summer and only on second year growth
Thorns: Yes
Pickup
Pickup
Potted plants are only available for pick-up at the nursery. They unfortunately cannot be shipped due to the size and weight of the pots.
You are welcome to order potted plants ahead of time online or stop in at the nursery to purchase them! Our hours vary seasonally so we recommend checking our posted hours ahead of time (see the bottom of the webpage or our Google hours).
Size at Purchase
Size at Purchase
The sizes of potted plants varies by species and variety, but we have some approximate size ranges based on pot size (all heights include the pot):
- 1g pots - 1-3ft tall
- 2g or 3g pots - 1.5-3ft tall
- 5g pots - 3-7ft tall
- 8g pots - 4-7ft tall
Please note that some plants may fall outside these ranges. If you are curious about the size of a specific kind of plant, call or email us and we're happy to give you a more accurate size range!
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