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Jahns Prairie Gooseberry vs Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry)

Lonicera caerulea Strawberry Sensation

Ribes oxyacanthoides Jahns Prairie

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(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

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Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry)
Jahns Prairie Gooseberry

Strawberry Sensation Haskap is a new cultivar from Berries Unlimited that is getting lots of attention. These haskaps have a unique flavor that range from sweet to tart with an alpine strawberry after taste. This highly productive shrub produces haskaps late season and are ideal for freezing or fresh eating.

Strawberry Sensation is an late pollinating variety. Pair with other late pollinators to have a higher yield.
Boreal Blizzard is a great companion variety.

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry produces large, delicious red fruit.

Found in the Red Deer River valley by Dr. Otto Jahn in 1984. This cultivar was found to resist insects and disease, tolerate frost, and produce high quality fruit.

Strawberry Sensation Haskap (Honeyberry) Quick Facts

Jahns Prairie Gooseberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: low
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: yellow
Berries: elliptical blue-purple berries
Berries: red-pink berries
Flavor: sweet/tart, hint of strawberry flavor
Harvest: very late, mid June to mid July
Harvest: mid to late July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no