Growing your own black raspberries is a great way to get juicy delicious fruit for making jams, smoothies, muffins, preserves, and pies. Below, we’ll go over everything you need to know about how to grow black raspberries, as well as other useful raspberry tidbits. The black raspberry plant (Rubus occidentalis) belongs to the rose family (Rosaceae), which includes many familiar relatives such as the apple, pear, strawberry, and roses.