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Raspberry 'Sweetleaf®' young plants

Rubus chingii Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' - the hardy sweet leaf alternative to stevia

Regular price
(€99,00 per plate) €1,65 per plant
Regular price
( per plate) €0,00 per plant
Sale price
(€99,00 per plate) €1,65 per plant
excl. VAT plus shipping
Plate equals 60 plants
Plant size: root ball ⌀ = 4 cm; height 5.5 cm
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Plates Price* per plant*
1-3 plates €90,00 EUR €1,50 EUR
4-43 plates €85,50 EUR €1,43 EUR
From 44 plates €81,00 EUR €1,35 EUR
(* excl. tax plus shipping)

Advantages Sugarleaf® 'Innocent'

  • an exceptional Rubus specialty
  • plant-based sweetening power from leaves
  • the hardy Stevia alternative

Fact sheet

Growth: Plants with enormous vigor and a final height of around 250 cm; very well tolerated by pruning; pinching off the approx. 50 cm long new shoots ensures better branching and squat growth

Ripeness/Harvest: the fresh leaves are harvested during the vegetation period; the leaves can also be dried for the winter months

Fruits: our selection does not form flowers or hardly any flowers, since the actual purpose is with the leaves

Taste: the fresh leaves have an enormous sweetening power that is on par with stevia, but without the bitter notes in the aftertaste; the leaves retain their sweetening power even when dried

Variety description

Raspberry fruits are now available all year round in grocery stores and if there are no fresh fruits available, then in most cases there are frozen fruits. In addition, freeze-dried raspberry fruits can also be found in some muesli mixes. But who has ever heard that raspberry leaves can also be used? Raspberry leaves are primarily used as a tea or tea additive. And we also have a raspberry tea on offer, although less for therapeutic purposes and more for sweetening the tea.

You read that right, there is a raspberry whose leaves can be used to sweeten dishes. We have the fitting name Sugarleaf® 'Innocent'. Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' is not a raspberry like the fruit-bearing raspberries but an independent Rubus species from Asia - Rubs chingii or R. chingii var suavissimus or just R. suavissimus - the botanists have not yet come to an agreement on this. We are also not sure whether Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' is closer to blackberries or raspberries. This is easiest to recognize by looking at the fruit - raspberries come off the cone, while the cone of blackberries is also harvested. In theory it sounds easy, but our selection doesn't bloom - it's a tea raspberry, so you don't need any flowers - and so there are no fruits that we could use to determine the classification.

Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' is a plant with enormous growth power and can easily reach a height of 250 cm. By trimming the shoots at a height of 50 cm, Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' branches very well and the final height is also reduced.
Unlike other raspberries, only the leaves of Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' are used, both fresh and dried, primarily to sweeten drinks. So very similar to Stevia, with the big difference that Sugarleaf® 'Innocent' is forest-proof and winter-hardy and can be planted in the garden without any concerns.

Technical data

SKU 61134
Type Sugarleaf® 'Innocent'
Lubera type
License type
Advantages extraordinary Rubus peculiarity, herbal sweetener from leaves, the winter-hardy stevia alternative
Growth Plants with enormous vigor and a final height of around 250 cm; very well tolerated by pruning; pinching off the approx. 50 cm long new shoots ensures better branching and squat growth
Annual growth perennial
Blossom color -
Leaf color green
Leaves Summer green
Striking autumn color no
Ripeness/Harvest the fresh leaves are harvested during the vegetation period; the leaves can also be dried for the winter months
Harvest time -
Fruits our selection does not form flowers or hardly any flowers, since the actual purpose is with the leaves
Fruit color -
Taste the fresh leaves have an enormous sweetening power that is on par with stevia, but without the bitter notes in the aftertaste; the leaves retain their sweetening power even when dried
Sturdiness ***
Winter hardiness Good
Weight 0.0 kg