An especially attractive and improved variety from Europe, Red Candy is early flowering, compact, and produces large yields of berries that hang on the shrub for a very long time. While you can eat it straight from the bush, it is more popular in pies, jams and other tasty treats.

Lingonberries are close relatives to the blueberry and cranberry. The plants are native in some areas of North America, and are most abundantly found in the Scandinavian countries of Europe. The small red fruits are known to be very high in anti-oxidants with documented research that shows fruits contain an extreme abundance of nutrients. The fruits have a fresh aroma and the flavor is mostly tart with a slight sweetness. Fruits have a firm skin and can be stored for several month at cold temperatures.

Latin Name: Vaccinium vitis-idea
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full with filtered shade in hot region and moist acidic, well-drained soil
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile but plant with Red Pearl or any other Lingonberry for cross pollination and better crops.
Hardiness: Hardy to -45° F.
Bearing Age: Our plants are of bearing age at time of sale 
Size at Maturity: 12″ tall and spreading, forms a great ground-cover
Bloom Time: summer and throughout fall
Ripening Time: Fall- Winter
Yield: 10 lbs of fruit per square yard of row
Pests & Diseases: Lingonberry is not bothered by pest or disease.
USDA Zone: 2-7

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Found all along the West Coast of both North and South America, the Beach Strawberry is a mighty versatile and useful native groundcover that can handle just about any sunlight or soil conditions you throw it in, creating a nice weed suppressing mat. And of course, there’s the little strawberry gems that are produced in summer that really pack a flavorful punch! It’d take a lot of picking to make a strawberry short cake but they’re fantastic for foraging on and kids adore them.

Sweet and flavorful, Strawberries are the most popular small fruit in home gardens. Grow them in small places like flower borders or even in attractive containers on your patio, deck or balcony.

Latin Name: Fragaria chiloensis
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Strawberries are self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to -30° F
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: Strawberries are highly resistant to pests and viruses. Use straw mulch to keep berries off of soil and to deter slugs.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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It’s all too common to compare one fruit to another when trying to describe flavors as it is such a difficult sensation to describe but with the Afghan Banana Strawberry it actually tastes just like bananas! Fruits are small, white and very prolific. Foliage is very dense and evergreen and plants spread vigorously making them an effective ground cover.

Latin Name: Fragaria sp.
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile
Hardiness: Unknown at this point but at least 0° F is assumed
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: June with an occasional second fall crop
Yield: 1 pint
USDA Zone: ?

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The Formosan Carpet Raspberry is one of the fastest spreading and toughest edible ground covers that we know of! In addition to its attractively textured evergreen foliage and low maintenance nature, it also produces little edible yellow-orange raspberries that are quite delicious. It is perfect planted cascading over a wall or along a pathway.

We cannot ship this plant to Hawaii, Alaska, or Virginia

Latin Name: Rubus pentalobus
Site and Soil: Full to 1/2 day sun and well-drained soil. Plants are very drought resistant once they are established.
Pollination Requirements:  Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Formosan Carpet is hardy to minus 10° F.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-12 inches in height and spreading up to 4 feet wide
Bloom Time: May
Ripening Time: July-August
Yield: 10-15 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: We have not seen this plant be bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 6-9

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Koralle Lingonberry was developed in Germany and first released in Holland. It’s small, glossy, evergreen leaves take on a mahogany hue during the winter months. Near white to pink flowers bloom spring to fall, followed by bright red, edible berries. Originally developed as an ornamental ground cover, then later cultivated for it’s fruit. Now a popular Dutch cultivar making up almost all of European Production. Koralle Lingonberry is a super-hardy and very popular in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Tart tasty lingonberries can be eaten fresh and really excel in preserves, jams, jellies, syrup and wine. It is also resistant to deer and rabbits, making it an excellent choice for use in borders, mixed containers, or as ground-cover.

Latin Name: Vaccinium vitis-idea
Site and Soil: Koralle Lingonberry likes 1/2 day to full with filtered shade in hot region and moist acidic, well-drained soil
Pollination Requirements: Koralle Lingonberry is self-fertile but plant with Red Pearl for cross pollination and better crops.
Hardiness: hardy to -45° F.
Bearing Age: Our plants are of bearing age at time of sale 
Size at Maturity: 12″ tall and forms a great ground-cover
Bloom Time: summer and throughout fall
Ripening Time: Fall
Yield: 10 lbs of fruit per square yard of row
Pests & Diseases: Lingonberry is not bothered by pest or disease.
USDA Zone: 2-7

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• Released by the Canada Dept. of Agr. Res. Station, Agassiz in 1971
• Puget Beauty x Northwest
• Tested as BC 62-65-51 and BC 18

Latin Name: Fragaria x ananassa
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description:
Pollination Requirements: Strawberries are self fertile.
Hardiness:
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – late summer
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: Strawberries are not bothered by insect pests or diseases. Use straw mulch to keep berries off of soil and to deter slugs.
USDA Zone: 3-9
Sunset Western Zone: A1-A3, 1-24, H1, H2
Sunset Northeast Zone: 31, 32, 34-45

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Cranberry Sauce! Dried Cranberries! Cranberry juice! These are just some of the uses for this versatile, nutritious, and very flavorful berry. Growing only about 6″ in height, with dainty evergreen foliage and bright-red fruit, Pilgrim Cranberry makes an attractive ornamental and fruiting ground-cover.

Latin Name: Vaccinium macrocarpon
Site and Soil: Cranberry likes full sun to partial shade and moist, acidic soil.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 30° F.
Bearing Age: 1-2 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6″ in height.
Bloom Time: Spring
Ripening Time: Fall
Yield: 1-2 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Cranberry is not bothered by pests or diseases.
USDA Zone: 4

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A cute little strawberry native throughout North America, the Woodland Strawberry produces tiny little tasty strawberries that melt in your mouth on a warm summer’s day. Very shade tolerant and easy to grow, these make a great addition to the shade garden or anywhere in your yard that you’re trying to squeeze a few more berries out of.

Latin Name: Fragaria vesca
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Strawberries are self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to -30° F
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: Strawberries are highly resistant to pests and viruses. Use straw mulch to keep berries off of soil and to deter slugs.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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A unique hybrid strawberry with white flesh and bright red seeds! The White Carolina Pineberry, (pineapple + strawberry = pineberry) is a spectacular taste treat, blending flavors of pineapples and strawberries into a bite sized berry that will make your fruit salads the hit of the party! The white ripe fruits also mean that the birds won’t go after them as much since they won’t know when they’re ripe. Everbearing and very productive.

Sweet and flavorful Strawberries are the most popular small fruit in home gardens. Grow them in small places like flower borders or even in attractive containers on your patio, deck or balcony.

Latin Name: Fragaria x ananassa
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Strawberries are self fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to -30° F
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: Strawberries are highly resistant to pests and viruses. Use straw mulch to keep berries off of soil and to deter slugs.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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Quinault Everbearing Strawberry is a new variety bred by Washington State University that is unique for its ability to produce berries on unrooted runners. This makes Quinault the ideal strawberry for growing in a container as all runners hanging over the edge of the pot will still produce fruit! Berries are large and very tasty with a high sugar content.

Latin Name: Fragaria x ananassa
Site and Soil: Strawberries like 1/2 day to full sun and well drained soil.
Pollination Requirements: Strawberries are self fertile.
Hardiness: Quinault Strawberry is hardy to -5° F
Bearing Age: 1st year after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8″ in height.
Bloom Time: March – April
Ripening Time: June
Yield: 1 pint
Pests & Diseases: Quinault Strawberries are highly resistant to pests and viruses. Use straw mulch to keep berries off of soil and to deter slugs.
USDA Zone: 6

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