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Honeoye Strawberry (Bundle of 25)
$74.99
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Ripening
Will it finish before your first hard freeze?
Check it on the Ripening Map (opens in a new tab)At a glance: Honeoye Strawberry is a strawberry plant rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F), self-fertile, so one plant can crop, and it ripens about Jun 15 to Jun 27 in Missoula (our Missoula estimate).
| Hardy to | Zone 2 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included (winters to -50°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
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| Pollination | Self-Fertile. Bloom group 3 of 7 (early-mid), late spring here. Strawberries set fruit on their own. Honeoye flowers just before Cavendish, which makes a good second variety for a longer harvest. Pollination Charts. |
| Ripens | About Jun 15 to Jun 27 in Missoula (a Missoula estimate from published sources). Real years swing about a week either way. See the date for your town. |
| Good for | Fresh eating (6/10), jams and jellies (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| Deer | A deer favorite. Fence it or cage it. |
| What you get | Bare root. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out. |
Overview
Honeoye has arguably been the best-performing strawberry we've observed across all of Montana. They grow well west of the divide—including Missoula, the Bitterroot, the Flathead Valley, Eureka, and Libby—and east of the divide in places like Cut Bank, Bozeman, Wolf Creek (Helena), Anaconda, and Big Sandy.
Winter-Hardy and Easy to Grow
Not only do they survive our harsh winters, but Honeoye also produces a good-sized berry—and they’re as easy to grow as dogwater. Hardy to Zone 2. Still, it’s best to mulch them with straw when putting them to sleep for the winter.
Reliable Mid-Summer Producer
They’ll come on mid-summer. If you have the space, plant with Cavendish for improved pollination and yield.
Questions we get about Honeoye Strawberry
Does Honeoye Strawberry need a pollenizer?
No. Honeoye Strawberry is self-fertile, so a single tree can set fruit. Strawberries set fruit on their own. Honeoye flowers just before Cavendish, which makes a good second variety for a longer harvest.
How cold hardy is Honeoye Strawberry?
We rate Honeoye Strawberry hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
When does Honeoye Strawberry ripen?
About Jun 15 to Jun 27 in Missoula, Montana (an estimate built from published sources and our climate). Warmer places run earlier and cooler places later; our ripening map converts the date to your town.
What is Honeoye Strawberry good for?
Our top use scores for Honeoye Strawberry are fresh eating (6/10), jams and jellies (6/10).
Will deer eat Honeoye Strawberry?
Yes, deer love it. Protect Honeoye Strawberry with a fence or a cage, especially while it is young.
What arrives, and when does Honeoye Strawberry ship?
A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.