Latham Red Raspberry Plants – Large 2-Year-Old Bare Root Canes

Grow your own delicious summer raspberries with Latham Red Raspberry, a popular heirloom variety developed in Minnesota. Known for its exceptional cold hardiness, vigorous upright growth, and productive harvests, Latham is a wonderful choice for home gardens and pick-your-own berry patches.

These hardy raspberry plants produce brilliant red, medium to large, sweet berries in mid-summer. Enjoy them fresh from the garden or use them for freezing, jams, jellies, and canning.

Plant Highlights

• Variety: Latham Red Raspberry

• Plant age: Large 2-year-old plants

• Plant type: Bare root raspberry canes

• Hardiness: USDA Zones 3–8

• Harvest season: Mid-summer

• Berry color: Brilliant red

• Berry size: Medium to large

• Flavor: Sweet and flavorful

• Growth habit: Vigorous, upright canes

• Pollination: Self-pollinating

• Origin: Developed in Minnesota

Latham is an extremely cold-tolerant and productive heirloom raspberry. Its canes are thornless above approximately 2½ feet, making picking easier. The foliage also develops attractive burgundy tones in fall.

Important: Canes Are Pruned Before Shipping

These are large, established 2-year-old plants. We have found that pruning the canes to approximately 4 inches tall before shipping improves survival and helps prepare the plants for planting.

Although the canes originally grow over 5 feet tall, they will arrive pruned to approximately 4 inches. This shorter planting height encourages new growth from lower cane buds and the roots.

• Photo 2 shows the plants before pruning.

• Your plants will arrive with their canes pruned for shipping and planting.

Please note: The plants are intentionally pruned short. This is part of our preparation process, not shipping damage.

Growing Information

• Plant canes approximately 2–3 feet apart.

• Choose a location with well-draining soil.

• Preferred soil pH: approximately 6.5–7.0.

• Provide suitable growing conditions and regular care while plants establish.

Latham raspberries are vigorous growers and are well suited to home gardens and larger berry plantings.

What to Expect

These plants bore fruit last year. Established plants can produce future spring crops under suitable growing conditions and proper care. Harvest timing and yield vary with climate, growing conditions, and plant establishment.

Shipping Information

• Shipping begins: Late November.

• Shipping type: Bare root plants.

• Shipping cost: Price includes ground shipping to most locations.

• Faster shipping may be requested by leaving a note with your order or contacting us.

• Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, and locations considered remote may require an additional shipping surcharge.

To protect plant quality, orders will be held if local temperatures are warmer than 89°F or colder than 20°F. Shipping will resume when temperatures improve.

Plant Quality and Customer Support

Every plant is inspected for quality before shipment. Plants are rarely damaged during shipping, but please contact us promptly if you notice a problem.

If damage occurs, take photos of the package and plants so we can better assist you.

Your order includes detailed planting, growing, and care instructions. You can also contact us by phone or email if you have questions.

Scenic Hill Farm is a licensed Oregon nursery, and we ship to all states.

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