Cascade Delight Raspberry Canes

• Variety: Cascade Delight, a late summer Raspberry for damp ground
• Latin name: Rubus idaeus 'Cascade Delight'
• Type: Summer-fruiting floricane: it crops on last year's canes
• Fruit: Big and firm
• Picking: Mid to late summer
• Height: 1 to 1.5m
• Canes: Less spiny than average
• Soil: Heavy or damp soil, but not waterlogged ground. Slightly acid is best
• Position: Full sun, sheltered
• Stock: UK grown and certified virus-free
• Sold as: Bareroot canes
• Hardiness: H6, hardy through the British winter
• Delivered: Bareroot, November to April. Collection from Castle Cary also available

Cascade Delight is the Raspberry for heavy or damp soil: vigorous, with big, firm fruit in mid to late summer, where other varieties might rot at the root. Our canes are UK grown and certified virus-free.

Cascade Delight Raspberry Plants

'Cascade Delight' this is a high yielding raspberry with firm flesh, ideal for packaging and selling in a local market. These big fruit ripen quite late in the season (mid/late summer). The fruit-bearing stems are long, which is good for hand picking but not for machine harvesting. The canes are less spiny than average. Cascade Delight raspberries are certified and grown from virus-tested parent material in the UK.

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Growing Cascade Delight Raspberry Plants:

Raspberries are easy to grow, but they do need good conditions: a rich soil that drains well & is kept moist in dry weather, lots of sun and ideally some shelter from strong wind.
This variety is the best for clay soils with poor drainage. They still won't tolerate waterlogged conditions, but they'll thrive in slightly damp sites where other varieties may be more prone to root rot.

History & Trivia

Bred by a collaboration of Washington State, Oregon State & Idaho Universities in 2003.

Standard practice is to deliver raspberry canes with last year's growth cut back to 45-60 cm.

Therefore, summer fruiting raspberries will bear few, if any, berries in the Summer following planting. Their first full fruiting season will be in the year after.

Planting Companions

For fruit earlier in the summer, add Malling Promise, and for the autumn, Autumn Bliss. Our guide to growing Raspberries covers planting and support. Dust the roots with Rootgrow as you plant.

Why Buy Your Raspberry Canes from Ashridge?

Ashridge has sold plants since 1949 and is a Which? Best Plant Supplier 2025. Your Cascade Delight canes are UK grown and certified virus-free, lifted to order while dormant and guaranteed for 12 months. Plant them between November and April.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will Cascade Delight grow in clay?

Yes. It tolerates heavy, wet soil, but not waterlogging.

Is it a summer or an autumn Raspberry?

Summer. It fruits on the canes that grew the year before, late in the season, in mid to late summer.

How do you prune it?

In autumn, cut down the canes that have fruited, and tie in the new ones to fruit next summer.

Will it fruit in the first year?

Only a few berries, if any. Its first full crop comes in the year after planting.

Does it need support?

Yes. Grow it in rows between parallel wires.

When are the canes delivered?

Bareroot only, from November to April, while the canes are dormant. You can order at any time of year and your canes are lifted and sent once the season opens.