{"product_id":"glen-magna-raspberry-canes","title":"Glen Magna Raspberry Canes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGlen Magna Raspberry Plants\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Magna is a superb raspberry bush. The later season plants (late summer) tend to have the best flavours and this is no exception. The big, deeply coloured fruit's delicious, almost too good to use for anything other than eating fresh off the branch. These are \u003cstrong\u003ecertified raspberry plants\u003c\/strong\u003e grown from virus-tested parent material in the UK. An upright, tidy and vigorous plant, Glen Magna is also reliably healthy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrowse all\u003c\/strong\u003e of our other \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/raspberry-canes\"\u003eRaspberry Canes for Sale\u003c\/a\u003e here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVery vigorous with long canes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpright growth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResistant to bushy dwarf virus, large raspberry aphid and root rot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFew spines on the fruiting ends of the canes (the bases have more thorns).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFruit weight is up to 6-7g.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft fruit's sweet and richly flavoured.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrops July - Early August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCertified virus free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRHS Plants for Pollinators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRHS Award of Garden Merit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Glen Magna Raspberry Plants:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGlen Magna is more resistant to root rot than most other breeds, so it'll tolerate slightly damper conditions - that said, we stress that good drainage is still very important.\u003cbr\u003e Raspberries are easy to grow, but they do need good conditions: a rich soil that drains well \u0026amp; is kept moist in dry weather, lots of sun and ideally some shelter from strong wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistory \u0026amp; Trivia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Scottish Crop Research Institute name all their raspberry canes after Scottish Glens. Glen Magna was bred from Meeker and an unreleased plant called SCRI 7719B11.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlen Magna isn't grown commercially on any large scale - like so many delicious varieties of fruit, this is because it's soft and doesn't travel well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eStandard practice is to deliver raspberry canes with last year's growth cut back to 45-60 cm. \u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eTherefore, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ashridge","offers":[{"title":"Bareroot \/ Canes","offer_id":54999183688006,"sku":"SOFTRASGLEMA-BRP","price":2.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/ripe-glen-magna-raspberries.jpg?v=1755543150","url":"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/glen-magna-raspberry-canes","provider":"Ashridge Nurseries","version":"1.0","type":"link"}