A ‘perpetual’ or ‘ever-bearing’ strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa Ostara produces white flowers and fruit in flushes from June until the frosts, instead of the one big crop of the summer-bearing strawberries. The berries are large, conical and bright red, red-fleshed with a sweet, juicy flavour and good fragrance, and total yields are high. Strawberry Ostara has a compact, slightly open habit which displays the fruit well among the mid-green, typical strawberry leaves. Peg down runners, one per plant, as they appear, discarding the rest lest you exhaust the plant; leave attached to the ‘mother’ plant until September, when they can be lifted and replanted in a new bed, or potted up in a greenhouse or polytunnel for an earlier crop next year. Each plant will produce well for about three years.
Site: Warm, sheltered, sunny site
Soil: Any fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun
Pick: As soon as the berries are ripe
Keep: Fruit does not keep, and does not freeze well – enjoy them as they come!
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Pollination: Self-fertile
Uses: Eating fresh, preserves, decorating cakes
Sign up for restock notifications
Future Forests has been supplying plants by mail order since 1986 and selling online since 2016.
Future Forests
Kealkill
Bantry
Co Cork
Ireland
P75 H958
info@futureforests.ie
Tel: 00353 (0) 27 66176
Office Hours: Mon to Sat 10am to 4 pm
© 2024, Future Forests Powered by Shopify