Featured NewsPeople and PlacesSOUTHBOROUGH LOCAL NEWS & EVENTS, MA Southborough: Last bloom of the year By Community Advocate - September 5, 2011 39 FacebookTwitterEmail Click me to copy current URL Southborough - As fall quickly approaches, a purple-flowering raspberry plant displays its last bloom of the year. This raspberry plant is commonly found in the Berkshires, but somehow a seed found its way to the backyard of a residence on Edgewood Road and took root, offering a beautiful show of fuchsia-colored blossoms from middle to late summer. PHOTO/Tracy Nickerson