Dakota Gardener: What is a blue raspberry?

Blue raspberry is a popular flavor of popsicles and other treats. (Pixabay photo)
Blue raspberry is a popular flavor of popsicles and other treats. (Pixabay photo)

This fun fruit flavor and its brilliant color cannot be grown in your backyard.

By Tom Kalb, NDSU Extension Horticulturist Blue raspberry is one of the most popular flavors in America. You can find blue raspberry slushies, drinks and candy everywhere.

It would be fun to grow blue raspberries in our gardens, but no blue raspberry plants are sold at garden centers. That’s because blue raspberries are …