Raspberries are brambles, shrubby plants that grow on woody, arching stems called canes. To help your raspberry plants thrive and produce a bumper crop each year, choose the best variety for your ...

Raspberry canes last long time; plant good ones In early spring, you can plant bare-root canes, which are cheaper and may fruit first year ...

Understanding how raspberries grow will help. The raspberry plant is a perennial, meaning the roots will live for years, but the canes are biennial, meaning they live for only two years.