The best Raspberry bushes, compared.
Top pick: Tulameen Pearl raspberry, 9 cm pot Best value: Glen Ample raspberry, 9 cm pot – Highest value part among the rest, 14, at about £9.99 with 4.3 from 13 reviews. Updated October 2026.
A raspberry bush is a live Rubus idaeus plant for a UK garden, allotment or large pot. It is not a tayberry, a strawberry or a mixed fruit pack. You choose a summer cane, an autumn cane, or a double-crop cane, then a plant that arrives alive. Quality is a named cultivar, a cane that is alive on arrival, and a prune that matches the cropping type. Summer raspberries fruit on last year's wood and usually need wires. Autumn raspberries fruit on this year's wood. For a single late crop they are cut to the ground in February. How those two cuts differ is in [summer and autumn raspberries](/hub/ornamental-plants/raspberry-bush/sub/raspberry-bush-summer-vs-autumn). The Royal Horticultural Society says one plant is enough, because raspberries are self-fertile. New summer canes usually fruit from their second summer. Look for sun or light shade, shelter, and well-drained soil around pH 6–6.7, not a waterlogged bed and not an old raspberry row. A cropping pot should be at least 40 cm wide and 30 cm deep.
A raspberry bush is a live Rubus idaeus plant for a UK garden, allotment or large pot. It is not a tayberry, a strawberry or a mixed fruit pack.
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Tulameen Pearl is one plant in a 9 cm pot at £9.99, with 4.4 from four reviews, the highest star line and the thinnest sample in the set. The listing prints no harvest month, though UK nurseries describe Tulameen as a sweet late-summer cane. Three reviews praise roots, packing and fruit already on the plant. The fourth says the plants were unnamed, so the buyer could not tell which raspberry had arrived. Four reviews sit well below the 4.1 from 123 on the Sugana listing in this comparison. It is a named £9.99 cane when the label is on the pot, and a weak pick when the pot arrives blank.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A buyer who wants a late-summer Tulameen type at £9.99 and will check that the pot is labelled.
Less suitable: Anyone treating 4.4 from four reviews as stronger evidence than 4.1 from 123.
Specifications
Common questions
What pot does Tulameen Pearl arrive in?
The title says one plant in a 9 cm pot, at £9.99.
Does the listing say when it fruits?
No harvest month is printed. The attribute line says bloom from spring to autumn.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 4.4 from 4. Three reviews praise health and packing. One says the plants were not named.
This Fallgold listing says autumn-fruiting primocane, with fruit on first-year growth from late summer into autumn, in a 12 cm pot at £16.99. The attribute line gives a height of 20 cm, and across 26 reviews the line is 4.3. Reviewers describe first-year fruit and new growth within a week of a spring planting. Others report holed or brown leaves, a battered box, snail damage, and an order placed too late for fruit that year. The primocane sentence is why this page is the clearer autumn buy beside the Fallgold that only prints late July to the end of August. You still receive a young 12 cm plant, and 26 reviews are a smaller file than that listing’s 65.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A grower who wants yellow fruit and a listing that already says primocane, so the February cut matches the page.
Less suitable: A buyer who wants the larger review file and will accept a date range without the word primocane.
Specifications
Common questions
Does this listing say autumn-fruiting?
Yes. The bullets say primocane, fruit on first-year growth, from late summer into autumn.
What size is on the attribute line?
20 cm, and the title says a 12 cm pot. A mature height is not printed.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 4.3 from 26. Reviews praise first-year fruit and new growth, and also holed or brown leaves and a battered box.
Glen Ample arrives as one plant in a 9 cm pot at £9.99, with 4.3 from 13 reviews on amazon.co.uk. The James Hutton Institute describes it as a spine-free summer cane, while this listing only says bloom from spring to autumn and prints no harvest month. Reviews praise healthy, well-packed plants, and one buyer said the foliage roughly doubled in about 10 days. One review says the plant was dead on arrival, and another says it was smaller than expected. A summer cane usually crops from its second summer, and the 9 cm pot is what the postman brings. It is the best value named cane in this set at £9.99 with a double-digit review count. Leave it if you will not tie summer canes to wires.
Pros
Cons
Best for: An allotment grower who wants a midsummer cane, will tie it to wires, and wants the lower price in this set.
Less suitable: A patio grower who wants fruit this season from a single February cut.
Specifications
Common questions
What pot does this Glen Ample arrive in?
The listing says one plant in a 9 cm nursery pot, at £9.99.
Does the listing name a harvest month?
No. The attribute line says bloom from spring to autumn. It does not say summer-fruiting.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 4.3 from 13. Reviews praise healthy, well-packed plants. One review says dead on arrival, and one says smaller than expected.
This Fallgold is one golden plant in a 12 cm pot, listed around 15–20 cm, at £16.99, with 4.2 from 65 reviews. The seller times fruit from late July to the end of August, and the page leaves out the word primocane, so you read a date range. Reviews describe a solid stem, good roots and growth in a patio pot, and some report sweet fruit in the first summer. Others say the leaves died back to a stick, turned brown, or that the wrong raspberries arrived with a snapped cane. Sixty-five reviews make this the second-largest file here, which lifts it above the 9 cm pots. It is the yellow cane to open when those dates match the crop you want. The other Fallgold listing is the one that prints primocane.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A grower who wants yellow fruit in late July and August and will read the date range on this listing.
Less suitable: A buyer who will only prune for autumn if the page itself says primocane.
Specifications
Common questions
What size is supplied?
The bullet says a 12 cm pot and a plant around 15–20 cm tall. The attribute line says 20 cm.
When does the seller say it fruits?
Late July to the end of August. This listing does not use the word primocane.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 4.2 from 65. Reviews praise fast growth and first-year fruit, and also browned leaves, a plant that died back, and a wrong or snapped cane.
Across 123 amazon.co.uk reviews the line is 4.1 out of 5, and the title sells one Twotimer Sugana Red cane, stated at 25–35 cm, for £16.99. The seller says you can pick twice a year, with a crop from summer in the second year, which depends on keeping some canes through winter. Reviewers often mention new growth and fresh leaves, while others describe a plant much smaller than the photograph, dry or dead. One buyer received the wrong plant and was sent a replacement. A pot diameter is absent, so the 35 cm attribute is a height. It is the top pick here because that review file is the largest above 4.0, and the cane in the box is still a young plant. Leave it if you will cut every cane to the ground in February.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A gardener who will keep some canes for a second pick and can accept a young plant rather than the fruiting photograph.
Less suitable: Anyone who will cut every cane down in February, or who needs a stated pot diameter before they order.
Specifications
Common questions
Does the listing state a pot size?
No. The title gives a height of 25–35 cm and the attribute line says 35 cm. A pot diameter is not printed.
What crop does the seller claim?
The bullets say the plant can be harvested twice a year, with a crop from summer in the second year after planting.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 4.1 from 123. Reviews praise healthy arrivals and also report small, dry or dead plants, and one wrong plant that was replaced.
Cascade Delight is one plant in a 9 cm pot at £9.99, and the amazon.co.uk line is 3.7 from six reviews. The listing prints no harvest month. Thompson & Morgan sells the cultivar as a summer cane from July, and the RHS record calls it late summer and more tolerant of heavier, wet soils, which this Amazon page does not repeat. Reviews say a bashed plant recovered and reshot from the base. The same small file includes brown spots and a missing variety name. Six reviews are too few to treat 3.7 as settled. Order it when you already want this cultivar and you will check the label on the pot.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A grower who already wants Cascade Delight for a heavier soil and will confirm the name on arrival.
Less suitable: A first cane chosen on stars alone, or anyone who needs the harvest month printed on amazon.co.uk.
Specifications
Common questions
What pot does Cascade Delight arrive in?
The title says one plant in a 9 cm pot, at £9.99.
Does the listing say when it fruits?
No harvest month is printed. The attribute line says bloom from spring to autumn.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 3.7 from 6. Reviews say a bashed plant that recovered, a missing variety name, and brown spots.
This Twotimer Sugana Red is one plant in a stated 13 cm pot at £16.99, with 3.5 from 10 reviews, the weakest star line in the set. The bullets say a mature height of 1.5–2.5 m and a spread of 1–1.5 m, and they repeat the twice-a-year claim. The attribute line also says 13 cm, which matches the pot, so treat that figure as the container. Reviews include a healthy plant ready to plant out, and also a weak spindly cane, a dented box, and a plant that died almost at once. One buyer said it was poor value at £16. The same shelf price buys the Sugana listing with 123 reviews. Open this page when you want 13 cm in the title and you will keep canes for a second crop.
Pros
Cons
Best for: A buyer who wants Sugana with a 13 cm pot printed on the title and will keep canes for two picks.
Less suitable: Anyone choosing Sugana on review volume, or a balcony that cannot hold a cane the seller puts at 1.5–2.5 m.
Specifications
Common questions
What pot does this Sugana arrive in?
The title and the bullet say a 13 cm pot, at £16.99.
What height does the seller state?
The bullets say 1.5–2.5 m tall and 1–1.5 m spread. The attribute line says 13 cm, which matches the pot, not that mature height.
What do the reviews repeat?
The listing is 3.5 from 10. Reviews include a healthy arrival, a weak spindly plant, a dented box, and a plant that died almost at once.
Shelf prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison, as held in the display file on 20 October 2026. No lab test and no taste test. The score is 0–100 from four parts: stars up to 40, the review sample up to 25, listing clarity up to 20, and value in this set up to 15. The highest score is the top pick, once. The highest value-part score that is not the top pick is best value, once.
Star line
40%Up to 40 points from the amazon.co.uk star average, as the rating divided by 5, then multiplied by 40, and rounded. A 4.1 line is 33. No star line would score 0. Stars are the listing average, not a garden trial.
Review sample
25%Up to 25 points from the review count on that star line. 100 or more reviews score 22, 50 to 99 score 14, 20 to 49 score 10, 10 to 19 score 6, 1 to 9 score 2, and none scores 0. A 4.4 from four reviews scores 2 on this part.
Listing clarity
20%Up to 20 points for a named cultivar, a stated pot or height, and a cropping window you can act on. A printed primocane or twice-a-year claim scores higher. A spring-to-autumn bloom line with no harvest month scores lower. Reviews that say the pot was unnamed pull the score down.
Value in this set
15%Up to 15 points for price inside this set. About £9.99 with 10 or more reviews and a star line of 4.0 or above scores 14. About £16.99 with 100 or more reviews scores 10. About £16.99 with 50 to 99 reviews scores 9. About £16.99 with 20 to 49 reviews, or about £9.99 with fewer than 10 reviews, scores 8. About £16.99 at 3.5 from 10 reviews scores 5.
Start with the cropping type, then the cultivar on the label, then the pot in the parcel. Price and stars come after that. Summer canes fruit on last year’s wood. Autumn canes fruit on this year’s wood. A spring-to-autumn bloom line does not say which cane to keep.
A raspberry bush here is a live Rubus idaeus plant for a UK garden, allotment or large pot, not a tayberry, a strawberry or a mixed fruit pack. Quality is a named cultivar, a cane that arrives alive, and a prune that matches the cropping type. Summer raspberries fruit on last year’s wood and usually need wires. Autumn raspberries fruit on this year’s wood and are cut to the ground in February for a single late crop.
Summer fruit is on last year’s canes. After harvest, remove the fruited canes and tie in the new ones. Cutting every cane to the ground in February is the single late crop, not the summer routine.
Twotimer Sugana Red is sold for two picks. The early pick needs some canes kept and shortened. A total February cut removes that early crop.
These listings are young plants in 9 cm, 12 cm or 13 cm pots, or a cane titled 25–35 cm. The photograph of ripe fruit is not the plant in the box.
Cropping type is the first check. A floricane, or summer raspberry, fruits on last year’s wood and usually needs wires. A primocane, or autumn raspberry, fruits on this year’s wood and can crop in year one. For a single late crop those canes are cut to the ground in February. A primocane you only partly cut can be double-cropped. A spring-to-autumn bloom line does not say which cane to keep. The cultivar on the label is the next check. Glen Ample is the James Hutton spine-free mid-season type.
Supply size is what the parcel contains, not the fruiting photograph. A Sugana title of 25–35 cm, a Fallgold bullet of a 12 cm pot around 15–20 cm, and a 9 cm pot are all young plants. The 9 cm pot is the postal pot. A cropping pot should be at least 40 cm wide and 30 cm deep. Site is sun or light shade, shelter, and well-drained soil around pH 6–6.7. Do not use a waterlogged bed or an old raspberry row.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You want midsummer fruit and you will tie canes to wires. Glen Ample is one plant in a 9 cm pot at about £9.99, with 4.3 from 13 reviews. The James Hutton Institute describes it as a spine-free summer cane. This listing prints no harvest month, and a summer cane usually fruits from its second summer.
You will make one late-winter cut and grow in a container at least 40 cm wide and 30 cm deep. The Fallgold listing that says autumn-fruiting primocane is one plant in a 12 cm pot at about £16.99, with 4.3 from 26 reviews. The 12 cm pot is what arrives, not the pot you crop in.
You will keep some canes for a second pick, not cut every cane down in February. Twotimer Sugana Red, titled 25–35 cm, is about £16.99 with 4.1 from 123 reviews, the largest file above 4.0. A pot diameter is not stated. The cane in the box is still a young plant.
The top pick is Twotimer Sugana Red, one cane titled 25–35 cm, at about £16.99. It scores 79, with 4.1 from 123 reviews, the largest file above 4.0. The seller says you can pick twice a year if you keep some canes through winter. A pot diameter is not stated, and the plant in the box is still young. The best value is Glen Ample in a 9 cm pot at about £9.99, with 4.3 from 13 reviews. Its value part is 14, the highest among the rest. The listing prints no harvest month. Tulameen Pearl’s 4.4 from four reviews stays below both because the sample part is 2.
Glen Ample raspberry, 9 cm pot
Highest value part among the rest, 14, at about £9.99 with 4.3 from 13 reviews.
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