Rubus idaeus var. strigosus 'Fall Gold'
A rare, exciting self-fertile gold raspberry with the same deliciously sweet taste of red varieties, and the ability to produce two crops each season. After a late summer to fall harvest, a second crop arrives the following spring on the same canes. Excellent fresh or for preserves and pies. The warm yellow berries brighten the garden. Deciduous
Light Needs
Full sun
Water Needs
Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
Double Crop of Sweet Fruit
Landscape Uses
Border, Coastal Exposure, Espalier, Kitchen Garden, Mass Planting, Wildlife Garden, Woodland Garden
Botanical Pronunciation: ROO-bus eye-DAY-us strig-OH-sus
Plant type: Vine - Requires Support
Deciduous/evergreen: Deciduous
Growth rate: Moderate
Average landscape size:Moderate growing; reaches up to 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide.
Special features: Bird Friendly, Edible, Showy Fruit
Foliage color: Green
Blooms: Spring and Midsummer
Flower color: White
Flower attributes Flowers for Cutting
Garden style Cottage, Rustic
Companion Plants
Salvia (Salvia); Rosemary (Rosmarinus); Yarrow (Achillea); Russian Sage (Perovskia); Lavender (Lavandula)
Provide fertile, mildly acidic, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly in the first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Feed before new growth begins in spring. After harvest, prune to ground older canes that have fruited, leaving one-year-old canes to produce next season's crop. Train newer canes on a trellis.
Lore:
Fall Gold is a primocane type berry, meaning it blooms and fruits on first-year wood. Primocane varieties are often referred to as "everbearing" because they produce two crops on each biennial cane (unless pruned otherwise). The fall crop comes on current-season canes, at the top 1/3 of the canes. After overwintering, and if not pruned, a second crop will be produced in late spring to early summer at the bottom 2/3 of the canes. If a single but heavier crop is desired, all canes may be annually pruned to the ground before growth begins in spring. The new canes will produce fruit in late summer to fall of the same season.
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