Planting timing
When to plant raspberries
Plant raspberries on the cited sheets — not on a national calendar month. Timing stays source-specific.
Growing guidance is general information. Timing, spacing, and care depend on cultivar, weather, soil, and local conditions. Check the sources and adjust the plan for your garden.
Dates stay on the named cards below — not one planting window.
Primocane and floricane notes live on the raspberry hub. Timing stays on the cited sheets.
Primocane and floricane notes live on how to grow raspberries.
What the sources say — at a glance
One source per card. Facts are not averaged.
Illinois Extension (Illinois)
Early spring. Depth by type. Hedgerow or hill.
Details and limits (3)
When
Illinois Extension (Illinois): plant raspberries in early spring. Red raspberries should be planted at the same depth as they grew in the nursery. Purple and black raspberries should be set about one inch deeper. After planting, cut red raspberries down to about an 8 to 12 inch height. Purple and black raspberries should be cut to ground level. Start method.
When
Illinois Extension (Illinois): hill system for black and purple types. Hedgerow system — plants grown in continuous rows about one to two feet wide — for red and yellow raspberries. Spacing on their sheet — not a BioArva grid.
Limit
Illinois growing-raspberries page. Start method and spacing only — not harvest.
University of Minnesota Extension (Minnesota)
Early spring. Bare-root when soil can be worked. Potted after frost.
Details and limits (2)
When
University of Minnesota Extension (Minnesota): plant in early spring. Plant bare-root transplants as soon as the soil can be worked (April, May on their sheet). Plant potted transplants after threat of frost has passed (May, June on their sheet). Timing on their sheet — not a national plant date.
Limit
Minnesota growing-raspberries page. Timing only — not harvest.
NC State Extension (North Carolina)
Nursery depth. Crown one inch below ground.
Details and limits (2)
When
NC State Extension (North Carolina): set plants at the same depth they were planted in the nursery. The crown should be one inch below ground level. After planting, tamp the soil firmly. Water all new plantings well, immediately after planting. Placement method.
Limit
North Carolina raspberries-in-the-home-garden page. Placement only — not harvest.
University of Maine Cooperative Extension (Maine)
After severe frost. Red hedgerow. Purple and black hills.
Details and limits (2)
When
University of Maine Cooperative Extension (Maine): plant raspberries early in the spring after the danger of severe frost is past (late April to mid-May on their sheet). Bare root plants should be set at the same depth or slightly deeper than they were in the nursery. Red raspberry crowns should be planted about 2 feet apart in rows that are 8 to 12 feet apart. The hedge should be maintained at 12 to 18 inches wide at the base. Purple and black raspberries: set plants 4 feet apart in rows 8 to 12 feet apart. Timing and spacing on their sheet — not a ZIP tool.
Limit
Maine bulletin 2066 raspberry clauses only. Timing and spacing — not harvest.
Sources differ
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How we know — methodology. Ranges and assertions are cited per source, not blended.