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Thimbleberry vs Honeoye Strawberry

Fragaria x ananassa Honeoye

Rubus parviflorus

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Honeoye Strawberry
Thimbleberry

The Honeoye Strawberry is a cold-hardy cultivar that produces large, sweet berries that feature an attractive bright-red color. It blooms with small white flowers and commonly it is a top-selling berry on the market due to its winter hardiness, highly productive crops and self-pollinating nature.

The Honeoye Strawberry is a June Bearing (Short Day) variety, meaning that they typically produce a single, large crop earlier in the season.

The Honoeye Strawberry received the Garden Merit Award of the Royal Horticultural society.

Thimbleberry is an ornamental shrub with large, green maple-like-leaves. Flowers are attractive, fragrant, and turn into red-raspberry-like berries. The berries are good for jams, cakes, breads, muffins etc. If you remove the berry, the core resembles a thimble, giving this shrub its namesake.

Honeoye Strawberry Quick Facts

Thimbleberry Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.1 m (0.3 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.2 m (0.8 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Foliage: Soft leaves up to 8 inches across
Fall colour: gold
Flowers: small, white
Flowers: white, showy
Berries: red
Berries: edible, red, similar to raspberries
Fruit size: large
Flavor: sweet
Harvest: June
Hybrid: yes
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, ON
Other Names: thimbleberry, western thimbleberry