Primocane bushes, also known as everbearing raspberries, produce fruit on first-year canes, typically in late summer or fall.

Prune stems in the fall if the bloom is on new wood, to encourage new growth in spring. On the contrary, for plants that bloom on old wood, prune minimally just to control the growth.

When pruning everbearing varieties to be fall-bearing, cut all canes down to the ground in early spring. The bush will sprout a new set of primocanes that will have berries in fall.

This raspberry doesn’t fruit in the summer but instead develops a primocane that fruits on its upper part in late summer and fall. With these brambles pruning is much simpler.

Here are the shrubs you should (and shouldn’t) prune in the fall. What bushes you shouldn’t prune in fall Know your hydrangeas Ball hydrangea types benefit from being pruned back.

Under no circumstance should we be pruning our shrubs or trees severely this time of year.

Pruning primocane-fruiting raspberries is simple if you only want a fall crop, says Pritts. Cut the canes to the ground in early spring before new canes emerge, using a mower, hedge trimmer, or ...

How to Prune Primocane-Fruiting Raspberries Pruning primocane-fruiting raspberries is simple if you only want a fall crop, says Pritts.