✅ Up for sale are Arctic raspberries 'Beta' and 'Sophia' (Rubus arcticus x stellarcticus). The set includes two 2.5" pots. Hardiness zone - 2-8. Bloom season is spring. Sun requirement: Full sun. They grow to 3-5". Plant type: hardy garden plant.

 

✅ Arctic raspberries are unusual new varieties developed in Sweden at the Balsgard Fruit Breeding Institute. They only grow 3-5” tall and form a dense mat of leaves on the ground. In late spring, lavender flowers appear and turn into sweet, red raspberry fruits by mid-summer. The fruits are about the size of a small ‘Heritage’ raspberry, and each plant can produce up to one pound of ripe berries. In fall, the green foliage changes to colorful crimson and burgundy.

 

✅ The plants die back to the ground in winter and regrow in spring. There is no annual pruning needed, so these require less work than standard raspberries. They create a beautiful, edible ground cover. Arctic raspberries need a cross-pollinator to set fruit. We are selling a set of two plants: ‘Beta’ and ‘Sophia.’ These are the hardiest fruiting plants we sell, able to withstand cold temperatures down to zone 2. Set of two plants, each in a 2.5” pot.

 

✅ Cold weather: dispatching plants may be delays due to daytime temperatures dropping below 34 degrees, we are currently unable to send live plants to the following states: Alaska, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming. If you are located in one of these states, you are still able to place your order, and we will send it as soon as the weather allows.

 

✅ If the temperatures either in your area or in transit to you are too cold for us to safely send out your order, we will reschedule it to send as soon as we feel it's safe to do so. What we look for is a period of four consecutive days above freezing in your area as well as ours in order to avoid the plants freezing in transit.