Two clear seasons
The retained lower section fruits in June and the new tip from late August.
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Two harvests a year, double delight 🍓
Family: Rosaceae · Pot diameter: 13cm · organically grown · Height: approximately 40–45cm
Rubus idaeus TWOTIMER® ‘Sugana’ brings large, bright-red berries and the pleasure of a harvest that can return later in the year. Its raspberries have a conical shape, juicy flesh and a sweet flavour balanced by pleasant acidity. Among the compound green leaves, ripe berries stand out clearly on upright canes. Its vigorous presence combines the look of a lush fruiting plant with the enjoyment of fresh fruit, almost straight from the garden to the table. Bright fruit against matt foliage gives the leafy framework a clear and generous summer presence.
Repeated harvests give the space two different reasons for a short daily wander. Upright canes form a green backdrop to lower plants, with bright berries drawing the eye at different heights through the season.
‘Sugana’ was bred for genuine repeat cropping, with large fruit and upright canes that are easy to manage.
The retained lower section fruits in June and the new tip from late August.
Conical berries are large, sweet and attractively bright red.
Powerful canes organise without difficult weaving and keep fruit accessible.
Why you will love it: With one correct winter cut you enjoy raspberries at the beginning and again at the end of summer.
Plant in sun or bright partial shade at 60–80cm spacing. In hot regions give morning sun so the autumn crop remains firm.
Blue, purple and low edible flowers frame the row without entering the crown zone.
Sun or bright partial shade; morning sun in very hot regions.
Even moisture from flowering until the end of harvest.
Very good winter hardiness, around −20°C, with root protection in containers.
Wash fully ripe fruit before eating.
Plant in deep fertile soil that drains well yet stays cool. Add organic mulch around the roots without covering the cane bases.
Water deeply when the top few centimetres dry. Even moisture from flowering to harvest helps fruit fill uniformly.
Tie 5–7 strong canes to wires at 80 and 150cm, separating new canes from those due to crop in June.
In early spring add mature compost and a balanced fruit-plant feed according to its label. Avoid excess nitrogen.
Mulch the roots, remove weeds by hand and pick frequently. During prolonged heat, provide light afternoon shade.
Pick frequently, remove thin surplus canes and keep a clear distinction between last year’s and new generations.
It is self-fertile. Abundant bee activity particularly helps the autumn crop fill evenly.
The first crop ripens in June and the second from late August into October in a mild autumn.
Pick when fruit is bright red and slips cleanly from the core. Check every one or two days.
Use a long net frame with side access so it serves both harvests.
After planting: train a few strong canes, leave tips uncut and water consistently.
For two harvests from red ‘Sugana’, prune only the upper section that fruited in autumn during late winter, cutting back to a healthy bud below it. Retain the rest of the cane for the early summer crop. Once that harvest finishes, remove the old cane at its base and keep the replacements. Cutting all canes down in winter is an option only for a single autumn crop.
‘Sugana’ needs two-stage pruning. In winter remove only the tip that fruited in autumn; after the June crop cut the entire old cane at the base.
Action: Let the new cane reach the wire without tipping.
Retain: Retain the complete tip that will carry the autumn crop.
Action: Cut the dry upper section just below the last point that carried fruit.
Retain: Retain the healthy lower section with lateral buds for June.
Action: Cut the old cane at the base as soon as the first harvest ends.
Retain: Retain new green canes that will fruit in autumn.
Use sharp, clean tools suited to the diameter of the wood.
Tie old and new canes on different sides so they cannot be confused.
Do not do this: Do not cut every cane low in winter if you want two crops; doing so retains only the autumn harvest.
The green cane grows complete and forms fruit first at the tip.
The fruited upper section is removed while the lower section remains alive.
The retained old cane crops in June while the new one prepares for autumn.
Distinct basal stems, leafy side shoots and fruit attached to the branching framework.
The lower living portions of previous-season canes produce the summer crop.
New current-season canes bear fruit near their tips.
The two views follow the same natural growth cycle.
What to expect after planting: The green cane grows complete and forms fruit first at the tip.
At Buchs in Switzerland, Markus Kobelt of Lubera crossed autumn-fruiting ‘Autumn Bliss’ with summer-fruiting ‘Tulameen’. In October 1999, he selected an offspring with strong upright growth, large red raspberries and a marked tendency to flower at the tip of a new cane. Propagation of that selection began in April 2000.
The new cultivar was retained, tested and patented in the United States in 2010 as ‘Sugana’. It became known as Twotimer®, a name associated with two possible harvests from different parts of the same cane. The meeting of an autumn and a summer parent thus gained a particularly practical expression in the garden.
In ‘Sugana’, the tip of a new cane can flower and fruit during its first season. Lower buds that did not take part in that crop remain and produce fruiting laterals the following spring. The two harvests therefore use different zones of the same cane, rather than repeating production from its already spent tip.
The conical red raspberry consists of many individual drupelets that developed from the same flower. Each has its own seed and fleshy covering, and together they initially rest on the receptacle. Once ripe, they separate as a group and leave the receptacle on the plant. The hollow centre is part of this natural process.
Six practical answers for choosing, growing, harvesting and pruning this exact cultivar.
It is self-fertile. Abundant bee activity particularly helps the autumn crop fill evenly.
1.6–1.8m high and approximately 0.6–0.8m wide, with the habit described above.
Yes, in a container of at least 45–50 litres with two firm wires and consistent watering into autumn.
In June and again from late August into October, when fruit slips easily from the core.
Yes. Cut every cane low in winter and you will receive only the simpler autumn crop on new growth.
In winter cut only the fruited tip; after the June crop remove the entire old cane.
Every order is prepared with care so your plant arrives upright, secure and safe.
Individual protection
Plants in pots with a capacity of 3 litres or more are placed in individual boxes that hold the pot securely and reduce the risk of tipping over.
Sturdy packaging
We use reinforced cardboard designed to protect against impacts and vibration during transport.