Lowbush Blueberry vs Kent Strawberry - TreeTime.ca

Lowbush Blueberry vs Kent Strawberry

Fragaria ananassa Kent

Vaccinium angustifolium

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Kent Strawberry
Lowbush Blueberry

Kent Strawberry is a favourite of urban gardeners and commercial growers. This June Bearing (Short Day) strawberry grows well on the prairies and produces high yields of bright red fruit that bursts with flavour. Great for fresh eating or try them in your next batch of jam or baking.

One of the most cold hardy strawberries!

Lowbush Blueberry, commonly known as the Wild Lowbush Blueberry, is often wild-harvested and thrives in low pH acidic soil. This early low-bush blueberry produces white and pink bell-shaped flowers in the spring. Its fruit is smaller in size than high bush blueberry plants and is more flavourful with an intense blueberry taste-masking it perfect for fresh eating, baking, and preserves.

Note: Blueberries require very specific soil conditions. They need well-drained soil with a pH between 4.5 and 5.0. If the starting pH of your soil is between 5.1 and 6.2 you can lower it by adding sulfur. We recommend against planting blueberries in soil with a starting pH greater than 6.2. Please do your own research before buying any blueberry plants.

Kent Strawberry Quick Facts

Lowbush Blueberry Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2a
Height: 0.2 m (0.5 ft)
Height: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: high


Flowers: white, pink tinged, bell shaped
Berries: cherry red
Berries: edible blue
Firmness: firm
Harvest: June
Harvest: July
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: late lowbush blueberry, late sweet blueberry, wild lowbush blueberry