Strawberry Collection

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The best collection of strawberry plants for tasty strawberries from June until July. These are the absolute best for taste and performance and with just a few pots you can get a bumper harvest. More
15 bare roots 180003-15 £18.95 In stock
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Strawberries are easy to grow in a variety of situations, and home-grown always seem to have the best flavour. These will fruit this year, and for many years after that.

This collection contains 5 bare roots each of:
  • Strawberry 'Cambridge Favourite' – a very reliable mid-season strawberry with lovely flavour. The best strawberry for jams. It is a reliable cropper on all types of soil.
  • Strawberry 'Honeoye' – a very early variety with excellent flavour, sweet with a sharp edge. It is heavy cropping, with excellent disease resistance.
  • Strawberry 'Florence' – a delicious strawberry with dark-red berries and good disease resistance. Described as 'the Bordeaux of strawberries with a deep, rounded bouquet'.
Common Name Strawberry
Border Position Kitchen Garden
Soil Type Broad Tolerance
Site Full Sun
Moisture Moist but Well-drained
Height 15cm (6in)
Spacing 30cm (12in)
Sowing, Seeds, Planting Prepare your ground by digging in plenty of well-rotted manure or garden compost and add a general purpose fertiliser. Measure out planting holes 35cm (14in) apart. Space rows 75cm (30in) apart. Dig out a hole large enough to accommodate the roots. Trim the roots lightly to 10cm (4in) if necessary, then spread them out in the hole. Ensure that the base of the crown rests lightly on the surface before firming in gently. Planting at the correct depth is important: if the crown is planted too deeply it will rot; if it is planted too shallowly the plants will dry out and die. Water the plants in well. If planting in the autumn or early spring, remove the first flush of flowers of perpetual strawberries.
Care Tips You can bring forward the cropping season by growing them in a greenhouse. Water regularly and weed. Protect from slugs and snails by spreading straw around each plant, and cover with netting to protect from birds. Find more tips on how to grow strawberries.
Flowering June - July
Storing These will keep in the fridge for a couple of days, or are delicious turned into jam or compote with rhubarb.
Harvesting June - July
Cooking Notes These are beautiful fresh on porridge at breakfast, or with greek yogurt for a simple dessert. Or try Sarah's Strawberry and basil ice cream drizzled with basil oil.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
  • Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
  • Flowers/Harvest
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Delivery

Plant Delivery - When in stock, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for despatch. 

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Strawberry Collection reviews

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Reviewed 2nd August 2019 by Debbi

Healthy plants which now have plenty of runners.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Evelyn

The purchase was disappointing. Most of one variety did not survive.. Customer service were very good at giving me money back but it did mean a season without the strawberries.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Lucretia

Nice healthy plants which are able to withstand fairly windy conditions

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Victoria

Good strong bareroot plants. Slow to fruit and sparsely fruited this season but growing on strongly for next.

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Daphne

3 of the plants did very well the other 3 died

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Tamica

Really sorry was very disappointed with these some didn’t take and they produce was very poor 😢

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for leaving your review. We are very sorry to hear of your disappointment with your Strawberry Collection and have refunded you for them."

Posted 7th November 2018

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Reviewed 29th August 2018 by Rose

I ordered the pack, by the time they got to me they looked dead, they where replaced free of charge but the 2nd pack was as bad, . I was told to plant them all , which I did in my raised beds . Out of all the plants 3 plants survived, I had no fruit!!!!!

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your review. We are very sorry to hear that your strawberries failed to grow and have refunded you for the collection."

Posted 7th November 2018

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Reviewed 29th August 2018 by Angela

The collection consisted of 15 plants, of which none of the Honeoye survived for more than a week, despite being planted up as directed. The customer team were really helpful and replaced them but even these did not have a very good survival percentage. Don't want to sound too upset as I order lots from SR and the vast majority of stock is excellent.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear that your replacement strawberries have failed to survive and have refunded you for the collection back on to the card that you used when placing the order."

Posted 7th November 2018
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