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Description

If you're short on space but big on flavour, Raspberry 'Lowberry Ruby Best' might just be your dream fruit bush. It's compact, completely thornless, and perfectly suited to growing in pots or small garden corners. Whether you've got a patio, a balcony or just a single spare container, you can enjoy home-grown raspberries with ease.

This summer-fruiting raspberry grows to just 60cm tall with a naturally bushy habit, making it easy to manage and a real feature plant even before the fruit arrives. Its foliage is lush and tidy, and when the flowers bloom in May, you know sweet rewards are just around the corner.

In June, the first berries begin to ripen on the previous season's shoots. Each fruit is dark red, medium in size and full of sweet yet tangy flavour, just what you want from a proper raspberry. As the berries swell, they lean gently over the edge of the pot for easy picking, while new shoots stay clean and undisturbed in the centre.

Pruning is simple too. Once fruiting is finished, cut out the old stems at the base and lightly thin the new ones by about a third. This keeps the plant healthy and stops it from becoming overcrowded. No wires, no supports, no complicated techniques, just easy, rewarding fruit growing.

Supplied as an established plant in a 1 litre pot, ready to plant.

Top Tips

A great performer in pots, but this variety can also be planted directly into a garden bed, but make sure the soil is free-draining and not prone to waterlogging.

Care Information

When Your Plant Arrives

Your raspberry will arrive as an established plant in a 1 litre pot, ready to plant.
Unpack it straight away and give it a drink of water if the compost feels dry.
Stand it outside in a sheltered, sunny spot for a couple of days to let it acclimatise.
Choose a sunny, sheltered position for the best results. This variety is ideal for pots, so use a container that's at least 25-30cm in diameter with good drainage holes.
Fill it with quality multi-purpose compost, preferably mixed with some well-rotted organic matter if you have it.
Remove the plant from its pot and gently tease out any matted roots.
Plant it so the top of the rootball is level with the surface of the compost. Firm in and water thoroughly.

Ongoing Care

Keep the compost moist, especially during dry spells and while the plant is getting established.
In summer, pots may need watering daily, particularly when the fruit is developing.
Avoid letting the compost dry out completely.
A hardy variety. In colder regions or if grown in a pot, protect roots in winter by moving the container to a sheltered spot or wrapping it in fleece or bubble wrap.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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