Waiau Raspberry – Bare-Rooted Winter Only
$12.00
Large Red Raspberry | Excellent Flavour | Heavy Cropping
Grow Sweet, Juicy Waiau Raspberries
Add a top-performing New Zealand raspberry to your garden with bare-rooted Waiau Raspberry plants. Waiau is a reliable, vigorous red raspberry variety prized for its large, firm, sweet berries with excellent flavour.
It produces heavy crops over a long season and shows good disease resistance. These dormant bare-root canes are ideal for winter planting — cheaper to post and establish very well when planted while dormant.
Perfect for home orchards, fruit cages, raised beds, or espalier training.
Why Grow Waiau Raspberry?
- Large, attractive fruit with superb flavour
- Heavy and reliable cropping
- Good disease resistance (especially to raspberry rust)
- Vigorous canes with strong upright growth
- Long fruiting season
- Hardy and well-suited to New Zealand conditions
- Perennial — productive for many years with proper care
Winter Bare Root Special: Sold as dormant bare-root canes during the winter planting season only. Much lighter and cheaper to post than potted plants.
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Description
Culinary & Health Benefits
- Culinary: Large, sweet-tart berries perfect for fresh eating, desserts, jams, cordials, smoothies, baking, and freezing. One of the best tasting raspberries for home gardens.
- Nutritional: High in vitamin C, manganese, fibre, and powerful antioxidants. Supports immune health and provides anti-inflammatory benefits.
- Traditional Value: Raspberries have long been grown for both delicious fruit and medicinal leaf teas (mild astringent and toning properties).
How to Grow Bare-Rooted Waiau Raspberry (Winter Only)
Planting:
- Plant bare-root canes in winter (June–August) while fully dormant.
- Soak roots in water for 1–2 hours before planting.
- Plant 5–8 cm deeper than the soil mark on the cane.
- Space plants 45–60 cm (18–24 inches) apart in rows 1.5–2 m apart.
- Water well and mulch thickly after planting.
Soil & Care:
- Prefers fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic soil rich in organic matter.
- Full sun (at least 6 hours) for best yields.
- Water regularly during dry periods, especially in the first year.
- Support canes with wires or a trellis.
Growth & Harvest:
- Height: 1.5–2 metres (with support)
- Fruiting: Early to mid summer (main crop)
- Harvest: Pick berries when fully coloured and sweet.
- Prune spent canes after harvest (summer-bearing type). Leave strong new canes for next season.
- Very cold hardy.
Note: These are bare-root dormant canes. They will leaf out beautifully in spring.
