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Huckleberry (Bundle of 3)
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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: Huckleberry is a huckleberry shrub rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F), and partially self-fertile, so a second variety nearby makes crops more dependable.
| Hardy to | Zone 3 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included (winters to -40°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
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| Pollination | Partially Self-Fertile. Bloom group 4 of 7 (mid), mid spring here. Plant all three seedlings together for the best crop. Huckleberries depend heavily on bees, especially bumblebees, to set fruit. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Pollination Charts. |
| Good for | Feeding wildlife (9/10), fresh eating (8/10), pies and baking (8/10), jams and jellies (8/10), canning and freezing (7/10), juice and sweet cider (7/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists. |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Bare root, 6-18". Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out. |
Overview
We’ve been growing huckleberries for several years now, and while there are a few things to keep in mind, they can thrive outside of their native habitat.
Key Growing Tips for Huckleberries
Firstly, like their blueberry cousins, huckleberries do not like alkaline soil. Secondly, they have mycelium (soil fungi) dependencies, and when these needs are not met, they suffer. They also do not like direct sunlight, so it's important to amend the soil with some forest duff where huckleberries thrive (see the photo where there is moss, etc., in the pot we grow them in). Periodically adding elemental sulfur and ensuring they aren’t exposed to direct sunlight will also help them flourish.
Cold Hardiness
Hardy to Zone 3 (-40°F or more), huckleberries can handle some of the coldest climates.
Questions we get about Huckleberry
Does Huckleberry need a pollenizer?
It helps. Huckleberry is partially self-fertile, so it can set some fruit alone, but a second variety nearby makes crops more dependable. Plant all three seedlings together for the best crop. Huckleberries depend heavily on bees, especially bumblebees, to set fruit.
How cold hardy is Huckleberry?
We rate Huckleberry hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.
What is Huckleberry good for?
Our top use scores for Huckleberry are feeding wildlife (9/10), fresh eating (8/10), pies and baking (8/10), jams and jellies (8/10). Anything scored 8 or higher makes our Best Of lists.
Will deer eat Huckleberry?
Sometimes. Deer browse Huckleberry now and then, so protect young plants where deer pressure is high.
What arrives, and when does Huckleberry ship?
A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 6-18". 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.