However, cutting back these bushes is important for more than just aesthetic reasons. Successful raspberry pruning is about more than just cutting the right canes at the right time. The following ...

Hammer a stout 2.4m (8ft) stake into the ground and plant two raspberry ... and water well. Prune canes that held fruit in summer during the autumn, cutting them right back to the ground.

In mid-winter, prune some sideshoots back to one bud and others to two ... and tayberries are all pruned in the same way. New canes grow one season and fruit the next, after which they are ...